Crime Rates at Priory Road, Downham Market, PE38 9JS

Priory Road area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Downham Old Town , and the 8th 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 Priory Road (PE38 9JS) in the last 12 months was 454.3 per 1,000 residents and was 261.3% higher than the Downham Old Town average (125.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 117.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -52.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 124.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (PE38 9JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.