Total Crime Rate
284.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
178.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gayton Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 16th highest crime rate of 485 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 Gayton Road (PE30 4DZ) in the last 12 months was 284.1 per 1,000 residents and was 100.1% higher 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 178.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gayton Road (PE30 4DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Helena Anderson Court, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pleasance Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gaywood Clock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasance Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkspur Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lavender Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | De Grey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Helena Anderson Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Helena Anderson Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Helena Anderson Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Mary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Mary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Mary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Methuen Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasance Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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