Total Crime Rate
77.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorns area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Fairstead , and the 106th highest crime rate of 485 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorns (PE30 4SU) in the last 12 months was 77.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.3% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorns (PE30 4SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mulberry Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birchgrove Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Three Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glaven | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glaven | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glaven | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mulberry Road | 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 | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Three Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Oaks | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Oaks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Telford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Telford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield | Under investigation |
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