Total Crime Rate

325.5 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 325.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.4 10/10
  • Public order 60.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.8 10/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Other theft 16.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Railway Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 12th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Railway Road (PE30 1NF) in the last 12 months was 325.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.4% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 164.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Railway Road (PE30 1NF), 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 Railway Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wyatt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Waterloo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Lynn Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St James Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Regent Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfleet Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millfleet Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Millfleet Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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