Total Crime Rate

360.7 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 360.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 137.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.2 10/10
  • Public order 45.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.1 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Other theft 19.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.4 10/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.8 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 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

Waterloo Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 9th 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 Waterloo Street (PE30 1NZ) in the last 12 months was 360.7 per 1,000 residents and was 120.9% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 186.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Street (PE30 1NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Street area

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

Data Sources

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