Total Crime Rate
316.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
190.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026John Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Gaywood Chase , and the 11th highest crime rate of 485 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around John Street (PE30 5HH) in the last 12 months was 316.7 per 1,000 residents and was 123.1% higher than the Gaywood Chase average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 190.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around John Street (PE30 5HH), the main crime hotspot is near Millfleet. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | All Saints' Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guanock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guanock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Sisters Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Sisters Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guanock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Guanock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsley'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Horsley'S Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Everard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Checker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Everard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Millfleet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfleet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Millfleet | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millfleet | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Providence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birdcage Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethel Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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