Total Crime Rate

100.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Public order 21.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Kingsway 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Estuary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Edmundsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Woolstencroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Seabank Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seabank Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Coulton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coulton Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmundsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Woolstencroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmundsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmundsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mariners Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary St Edmundsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mariners Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seabank Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Edmundsbury Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seabank Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newlands Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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