Total Crime Rate

625.5 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 625.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 238.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.7 10/10
  • Public order 68.1 10/10
  • Other theft 55.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Other crime 17.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.8 10/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • 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

Highgate area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 5th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highgate (PE30 1PU) in the last 12 months was 625.5 per 1,000 residents and was 283.1% higher than the Gaywood Chase average (163.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 225.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 107.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highgate (PE30 1PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterloo Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highgate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Blackfriars Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackfriars Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackfriars Road —
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 2025Bicycle theft Waterloo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harewood Drive —
Sep 2025Other theft Dodmans Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Dodmans Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dodmans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyatt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wyatt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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