Total Crime Rate
78.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highfield area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Fairstead , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 485 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield (PE30 4RD) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher than the Fairstead average (78.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highfield (PE30 4RD), the main crime hotspot is near Birchgrove Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Fairstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallowfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallowfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallowfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallowfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Oaks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Three Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Three Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Oaks | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regents Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Regents Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ploughman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sandale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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