Total Crime Rate

42.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 42.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Joan Shorts Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bircham with Rudhams , and the 211th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in King's Lynn and West Norfolk .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Joan Shorts Lane (PE31 8HJ) in the last 12 months was 42.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Bircham with Rudhams average (29.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Joan Shorts Lane (PE31 8HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Overy Road, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ulph Place (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Joan Shorts Lane area

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Data Sources

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