Total Crime Rate
128.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Higham Green area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Fairstead , and the 63rd 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 Higham Green (PE30 4RX) in the last 12 months was 128.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Higham Green (PE30 4RX), 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 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mellisham Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallowfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sandale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Telford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seaman Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seaman Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellisham Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elmstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wheelwright Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walpole Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Three Oaks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fernlea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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