Total Crime Rate
70.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gaywood Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 485 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gaywood Road (PE30 2PT) in the last 12 months was 70.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gaywood Road (PE30 2PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highgate, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gaywood Chase| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harewood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King George V Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harewood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harewood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gaywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Homeland Road | Under investigation |
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