Crime Rate in Downham Old Town, ward

Downham Old Town has the 4th highest crime rate of 35 wards in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district and the 1018th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 79th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Downham Old Town in the last 12 months was 125.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.4% higher than the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district average (67.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Downham Old Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 142.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 162 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Downham Old Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 56 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (19 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.