Great Yarmouth Crime

All three of the county’s prisons remain overcrowded as a report from HMP Bure has said doubling up of prisoners in cells poses a “serious risk”.

Norfolk police want to speak to two women after gift sets and hair products were stolen from Boots in Great Yarmouth.

Christmas decorations which were lit in memory of lost loved ones have been cut down at a Norfolk hospice site.

Two men will be sentenced in the new year after admitting supplying drugs to a 21-year-old woman who later died.

A Norfolk farmer and member of European parliament has told how he was embroiled in a major terrorist attack for the second time in two years.

A drone was used to hunt a “dangerous” dog which tried to bite a person during a police chase in Great Yarmouth on Sunday night.

Another drink-driver has been arrested in Norfolk overnight as police continue their winter drink and drug driving campaign.

Two motorists were arrested overnight and more than a dozen drivers were stopped, as the winter drink and drug driving campaign continues.

Norfolk’s police chief has said he will make a case for more police officers on the street, but it would mean a rise in council tax.

A man has sustained injuries and another was arrested following an alleged road rage incident between two lorry drivers.

A pub has released CCTV footage of what appears to be an older woman lobbing white paint all over its front door.

A Norfolk MP has called for urgent action after claiming people with mental health issues are still being unlawfully detained and transported in police vehicles.

A 61-year-old man who is known to visit B&Bs in north Norfolk is wanted on recall to prison for breaching the terms of his licence.

A joyrider was arrested after crashing into a traffic bollard - and was found to be more than three times the legal driving limit when police breathalysed him.

A weapon was seized after police stopped a car which was driven by a driver who had been using cannabis.

The number of fixed-penalty notices (FPNs) issued to cyclists in Norfolk has fallen dramatically over the past two years, new figures have revealed.

People living in Great Yarmouth are being given the chance to influence policing priorities in the area.

A man has been arrested for drink driving after he drove with a blown tyre for a “considerable” distance.

Police are searching for vandals who targeted homes in Gorleston overnight.

A major operation involving six government agencies and four police forces cracking down on illegal and unsafe activity on Norfolk’s roads has taken place.

A woman’s “idyllic” home was turned into a “part-dream, part-nightmare” after a crime gang had committed a burglary there, a court has heard.

A man has been released on bail for a second time following the death of a young motorcyclist in Great Yarmouth.

Witnesses are being sought after a teenage girl was punched in the face in Gorleston High Street.

A man who was wanted on multiple offences led police on a chase before being arrested in Great Yarmouth.

A driver nearly five times the legal alcohol limit and one under the influence of cocaine were among the first arrests made in a Christmas crackdown on drink and drug driving in Norfolk.

Residents living in a Norfolk borough which in the last two weeks has seen a pupil take a knife into a primary school and a man confronted by a masked attacker armed with a knife have been reassured they live in a ‘safe area’.

Two men involved in a class A drugs supply operation in Great Yarmouth which was smashed by police have been jailed for a total of more than seven years.

A man who was wanted for breaching the terms of his release licence has been arrested in Gorleston.

Three teenagers have been arrested in Great Yarmouth after an incident which saw police dogs and the force’s drone used.