Total Crime Rate
407.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
238.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pleasance Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 9th highest crime rate of 485 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 Pleasance Close (PE30 4NR) in the last 12 months was 407.2 per 1,000 residents and was 186.8% 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 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 238.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pleasance Close (PE30 4NR), the main crime hotspot is near Bagge Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gaywood Clock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Circle | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | De Grey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bagge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagge Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Circle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasance Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasance Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkspur Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oak Circle | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bagge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Circle | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Mary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkway | Under investigation |
| 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 | Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oak Circle | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Circle | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bailey Place | Under investigation |
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