Total Crime Rate
627.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
247.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Marina area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 5th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
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 The Marina (NR32 1HH) in the last 12 months was 627.6 per 1,000 residents and was 595.9% higher than the Gunton & St Margarets average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 247.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Marina (NR32 1HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 225 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Suffolk Road (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham Road South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapham Road South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bevan Street East | Under investigation |
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