Total Crime Rate

48.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 48.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 8th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 194th highest crime rate of 484 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 Wootton Road (PE30 4DR) in the last 12 months was 48.1 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% lower than the Gaywood Chase average (163.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wootton Road (PE30 4DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Riverside, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandringham Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wootton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kensington Road —
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Data Sources

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