Total Crime Rate

1122.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1122.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 377.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 278.1 10/10
  • Public order 117.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.6 10/10
  • Drugs 71.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.9 10/10
  • Other theft 35.7 10/10
  • Other crime 30.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 28.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.3 9/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norfolk Street area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the highest crime rate of 484 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Street (PE30 1AG) in the last 12 months was 1122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 587.5% higher than the Gaywood Chase average (163.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 201 (≈ 512.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Street (PE30 1AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Lynn Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dodmans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Dodmans Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Dodmans Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Waterloo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackfriars Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyatt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Yard Under investigation

Data Sources

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