Crime Rate in Hunstanton, ward

Hunstanton has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 wards in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district and the 2812th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 440th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hunstanton in the last 12 months was 52.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% lower than the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district average (67.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hunstanton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 116 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -51.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 135 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hunstanton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near South Beach Road, with 18 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (12 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.