Crime Rate in South & West Lynn, ward

South & West Lynn has the 6th highest crime rate of 35 wards in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district and the 1184th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 90th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in South & West Lynn in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 75.6% higher than the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district average (67.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South & West Lynn’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 242 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 ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -39.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 307 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South & West Lynn ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 44 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bunnett Avenue (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.