Great Yarmouth Crime

A serial offender has been jailed for breaching an anti-social behaviour order by begging on the streets of Great Yarmouth.

A man who was convicted of attempted murder has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder after the victim died following the “horrific attack” in Great Yarmouth,

A man in his 50s arrested by police following an incident on the Norfolk Broads has been released on bail.

A hospital worker’s 12-year-old girl has been left “distraught” after seeing her stolen bike being put up for sale online.

A large police presence descended on Great Yarmouth following reports a group of armed men were ‘acting suspiciously’ - but officers found no evidence of criminal activity.

Residents have spoken of their shock after a fleet of emergency vehicles descended on a quiet street.

Armed robbers wearing balaclavas forced the “terrified” occupants of a parked car to give up their valuables in a quiet Norfolk lane.

An anti-racism vigil is set to be held in Great Yarmouth after a man in his 50s was the victim of a racially aggravated assault.

Police have reminded visitors to respect Norfolk’s beauty spots after crowds flocked to the coast and Broads on the hottest week of the year.

A Great Yarmouth man who was mobbed by ten teenagers outside his front door has warned the perpetrators they “do not own this town”.

A man armed himself with a hammer and a vacuum cleaner to “sort out” two drug dealers who had taken over a property in Norfolk.

A man in his 50s was verbally abused and pushed in a racially aggravated assault in Great Yarmouth.

A woman is to go on trial accused of murdering a Great Yarmouth grandmother who was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with head injuries.

Police are appealing for information after a Mercedes car caused £2000 worth of criminal damage to a business car park in Great Yarmouth.

Speeding tickets will be falling onto the doorsteps of more than 2,000 motorists in the county following a two-week campaign from Norfolk Constabulary.

A man was verbally abusive towards two girls and behaved inappropriately on Gorleston beach.

Police imposed 48 hour dispersal orders at three village recreation grounds in a bid to crackdown on large gatherings.

Witnesses are being sought after a boat was stolen from popular moorings.

A shop worker and two customers bravely disarmed a machete-wielding robber who walked into a Norfolk store and demanded money, a court has heard.

A renewed appeal about a missing woman 20 years after she disappeared from the streets of Norwich generated a call from a member of the public.

A man driving an unregistered quad bike tried to evade police by going off-road and into a field.

A boat trailer, a winch and two kayaks are among the items stolen in five separate thefts of marine equipment across Norfolk in the last month.

Police are hunting a man who tried to steal a digger on Great Yarmouth seafront and ran off across the beach.

Police are appealing for information after a teenage girl was grabbed around the neck and pulled to the ground while out walking.

A six-year-old boy, who went missing from a coastal town, has been found “safe and well.”

Members of the public have been praised for helping police to sniff out a growing number of cannabis factories which have sprung up during the coronavirus lockdown.

A pub landlord has told a court that troubles at one of his venues led to more than £1,000 raised for a cancer charity “being overlooked” - but insisted he did not intend to steal it.

A man was tasered after he crashed into a number of cars while trying to escape from police, a court heard.

A man accused of assaulting a police officer who had his case adjourned after he was “savaged” by a dog has denied the offence.