A dramatic fall in recorded crime has emerged in three North Norfolk seaside towns.
Cromer has seen its crime total tumble by more than a fifth since 2023, with violence among the offences falling most sharply.
New figures from Norfolk Constabulary also show recorded crime has also fallen across Sheringham and Wells-next-the-Sea.
Released following a Freedom of Information request, the figures cover recorded offences between July 2021 and July 2026.
Cromer, which accounted for the largest number of offences in the trio of towns, saw recorded crime fall by more than a fifth in two years.
There were 689 recorded offences in 2023 and 541 in 2025 - a fall of 148 offences - or 21.5pc since the 2023 peak.
There were 682 crimes recorded in 2022.
The decline in Cromer was driven largely by fewer violence against the person offences, which dropped from 305 in 2023 to 231 in 2025, down almost a quarter.
Public order offences also fell from 78 to 49 over the same period, while sexual offences fell from 45 to 29 and vehicle offences from 19 to five.
Drunk and disorderly, harassment and affray are examples of public order offences.
The figures suggest crime levels have generally eased in the other coastal towns too, although the fall was less pronounced than in Cromer.
Sheringham recorded 446 offences in 2022, falling to just under 300 last year - a reduction of almost a third, despite a small year-on-year increase in 2025.
Wells-next-the-Sea recorded 175 offences in 2022, compared with 132 last year.
Across all three towns, violence against the person was consistently the largest recorded offence category.
However, it also fell in several areas over the period, particularly Cromer and Sheringham.
Cromer’s 541 recorded offences in 2025 were still considerably higher than the totals in Sheringham and Wells-next-the-Sea.
But the figures suggest the town’s crime total moved sharply down after reaching its recent high in 2023.
Up to July 31 this year, recorded crimes were 277 in Cromer, 178 in Sheringham and 73 in Wells.
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