Total Crime Rate
167.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Priory Lane area has the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 484 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Lane (PE30 5DU) in the last 12 months was 167.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 81.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Lane (PE30 5DU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gaywood Chase| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonegate Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purfleet | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purfleet | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonegate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gurney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purfleet | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purfleet | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purfleet | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purfleet | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Purfleet | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stonegate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | College Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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