Total Crime Rate
100.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsway area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in North Lynn , and the 82nd 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 Kingsway (PE30 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 100.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the North Lynn average (142.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsway (PE30 2EJ), the main crime hotspot is near St Edmundsbury Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In North Lynn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Estuary Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Edmundsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woolstencroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seabank Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabank Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coulton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coulton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmundsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Woolstencroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmundsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmundsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mariners Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Edmundsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mariners Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabank Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Edmundsbury Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabank Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlands Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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