Total Crime Rate
123.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highfield area has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Fairstead , and the 66th highest crime rate of 484 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 Highfield (PE30 4RB) in the last 12 months was 123.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% higher than the Fairstead average (84.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -32.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highfield (PE30 4RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birchgrove Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ploughman Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wheelwright Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regents Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sandale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regents Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Three Oaks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fernlea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freiston | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glaven | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Awaiting court outcome |
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