Crime Statistics for Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 231 street level crime incidents in Southtown in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Southtown, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	102
Anti Social Behaviour	32
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Other Theft	15
Shoplifting	13
Public Order	11
Possession Of Weapons	8
Drugs	7
Burglary	6
Bicycle Theft	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Robbery	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	231

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Southtown. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Southtown

We've taken the ten nearest places to Southtown and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Southtown has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Great Yarmouth (0.62 miles)	364
Southtown	231
Runham (1.39 miles)	182
Cobholm Island (0.88 miles)	168
Gorleston-on-Sea (1.86 miles)	128
South Denes (1.39 miles)	113
Caister-on-Sea (3.72 miles)	33
Burgh Castle (2.77 miles)	8
Belton (3.51 miles)	7
Bunker’s Hill (3.92 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Southtown?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Southtown and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Great Yarmouth	158
Southtown	102
Runham	71
Gorleston-on-Sea	63
Cobholm Island	61
South Denes	54
Caister-on-Sea	23
Burgh Castle	4
Belton	3
Bunker’s Hill	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Southtown?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Southtown to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Southtown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Southtown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Southtown is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central and Northgate	92
2	Nelson	89
3	Yarmouth North	82
4	Southtown and Cobholm	69
5	St Andrews	68
6	Claydon	67
7	Magdalen	48
8	Gorleston	44
9	Bradwell South and Hopton	36
10	Lothingland	32
11	Bradwell North	10

Which road in Southtown has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Southtown with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Malthouse Lane.