Crap Towns / Great Yarmouth / Crime

How much crime is there in Great Yarmouth?

The police recorded 200 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Great Yarmouth from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.6 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 99.4. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 200, up from 197 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	197	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	204	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	200	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	99.4	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	22.6	7.0
Public order	16.0	6.6
Other theft	15.4	5.4
Shoplifting	14.1	7.1
Drugs	7.1	2.4
Burglary	5.3	3.1
Vehicle crime	5.2	3.8
Other crime	5.2	2.0
Possession of weapons	3.8	0.8
Bicycle theft	2.1	0.5
Theft from the person	2.0	0.4
Robbery	1.9	0.6

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Great Yarmouth	–	200
Norwich	30.5 km	92.9
Lowestoft	14.2 km	81.1
Gorleston-on-Sea	3.4 km	76.4
Beccles	19.8 km	65.8
North Walsham	33.7 km	55.4
Bungay	25.5 km	52.2
Hemsby	11.4 km	47.0
Caister-on-Sea	5.2 km	45.8
Bradwell	3.1 km	38.3
Poringland	26.7 km	31.4
The typical town	–	76.2