Total Crime Rate
103.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadowland Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bradwell South and Hopton , and the 109th highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Meadowland Drive (NR31 8TA) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.4% higher than the Bradwell South and Hopton average (66.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 61.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadowland Drive (NR31 8TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bellamy Drive, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodfarm Lane (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfarm Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jews' Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellamy Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falkland Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Falkland Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jews' Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodfarm Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellamy Drive | Under investigation |
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