Crime Rates at Blackfriars Street, King's Lynn, PE30 1NN

Blackfriars Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 10th highest crime rate of 485 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 Blackfriars Street (PE30 1NN) in the last 12 months was 349.0 per 1,000 residents and was 145.8% higher than the Gaywood Chase average (142.0 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 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 171.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackfriars Street (PE30 1NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Yard (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.