Total Crime Rate

204.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 204.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 109.2 9/10
  • Other theft 49.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.1 5/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wootton Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Gaywood North Bank , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 484 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wootton Road (PE30 3AR) in the last 12 months was 204.2 per 1,000 residents and was 419.8% higher than the Gaywood North Bank average (39.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 125.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wootton Road (PE30 3AR), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wootton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Dairy Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pepper'S Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pepper'S Green Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawnay Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffield Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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