Crime in Great Yarmouth
Recorded crime in Great Yarmouth is 2.3 times the Great Yarmouth council average and 2.9 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 14%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Great Yarmouth: about 21,928 residents in 15 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 1/10High crime
- Living
- 6.6/10Good
- 5-year change
- −14%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 2.3×the Great Yarmouth council average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Great Yarmouth.
Crime over 5 years
Down 14% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Great Yarmouth, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 2.3× the Great Yarmouth council average (2.9× the England and Wales average). 228 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 72% of the harm here
- Burglary: 8% of the harm here
- Robbery: 5% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 72% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 50 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Great Yarmouth (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Great Yarmouth council area, not only the town of Great Yarmouth. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 126 | 1.3 | Down 12% |
| Cars broken into | 118 | 1.2 | Up 31% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 736 | 7.3 | Down 9% |
| Burglary of homes | 181 | 1.8 | Up 5% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in NR30
In NR30, the postcode district at the centre of Great Yarmouth, 12% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 2,760 | 9% | 7% | 69% | 11% | 3% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 591 | 9% | 8% | 32% | 50% | 1% |
| Public order | 428 | 15% | 6% | 58% | 18% | 2% |
| Other theft | 385 | 3% | 4% | 34% | 57% | 2% |
| Shoplifting | 300 | 27% | 19% | 24% | 30% | 1% |
| Drugs | 194 | 40% | 42% | 12% | 4% | 2% |
| Burglary | 176 | 9% | 3% | 30% | 58% | 1% |
| Other crime | 146 | 19% | 3% | 60% | 12% | 5% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 139 | 7% | 0% | 30% | 59% | 4% |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 82 | 34% | 4% | 49% | 10% | 4% |
| Bicycle theft | 71 | 1% | 1% | 25% | 72% | 0% |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 61 | 3% | 0% | 44% | 51% | 2% |
| Robbery | 54 | 15% | 0% | 44% | 41% | 0% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 2% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Great Yarmouth, 2023 to 2025: 164 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 45 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 7 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 27% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 2.1 |
| Burglary | 7.2 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 105.9 |
| Drugs | 9.1 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 3.5 |
| Other crime | 5.2 |
| Other theft | 17.4 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 6.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 25.0 |
| Public order | 24.5 |
| Bicycle theft | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | 16.7 |
Postcode districts in Great Yarmouth
Nearby towns
Council: Great Yarmouth
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Questions about crime in Great Yarmouth
- Is Great Yarmouth a safe place to live?
- Great Yarmouth scores 1 out of 10 for safety (high crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 2.3 times the Great Yarmouth council average.
- Is crime going up or down in Great Yarmouth?
- Down 14% over 5 years, from 5,661 recorded crimes a year to 4,861.
- What is the most common crime in Great Yarmouth?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 106 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Great Yarmouth compare with Great Yarmouth council?
- Crime severity in Great Yarmouth is 2.3 times the Great Yarmouth council average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Great Yarmouth?
- In NR30, the postcode district at the centre of Great Yarmouth, 12% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 25% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Great Yarmouth?
- Of 176 burglaries reported in NR30, the postcode district at the centre of Great Yarmouth between September 2024 and August 2025, 9% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 58% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Great Yarmouth?
- In the Great Yarmouth council area, the police recorded 126 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 1.3 per 1,000 residents, down 12% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Great Yarmouth?
- 736 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in the Great Yarmouth council area, 7.3 per 1,000 residents, 1.5 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Great Yarmouth last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in the Great Yarmouth council area, against 0 the year before.