Crime Rates at St James Street, King's Lynn, PE30 5BZ

St James Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 12th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St James Street (PE30 5BZ) in the last 12 months was 325.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.4% higher than the Gaywood Chase average (163.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 164.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Street (PE30 5BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Yard (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.