Total Crime Rate
269.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Generals Walk area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Fairstead , and the 20th highest crime rate of 484 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 Generals Walk (PE30 4UA) in the last 12 months was 269.5 per 1,000 residents and was 219.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 141.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Generals Walk (PE30 4UA), 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 | Hawthorns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Baldwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regents Park | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughman Road | 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 | Theft from the person | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glaven | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birchgrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freiston | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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