Total Crime Rate
286.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
224.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barton Court area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Fairstead , and the 15th 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 Barton Court (PE30 4TF) in the last 12 months was 286.0 per 1,000 residents and was 266.6% 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 87 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 223.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barton Court (PE30 4TF), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 96 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Springwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Horton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bure Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawston | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sawston | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sawston | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Breydon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Breydon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silver Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
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