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King's Lynn and West Norfolk crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 10,272 street-crime records for the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 0.2% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 66.7 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 74.3 for Norfolk Constabulary. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area King's Lynn and West Norfolk council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call King's Lynn and West Norfolk: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
10,272
Latest month (August 2026)
952
Year-on-year
+0.2%
Month-by-month totals
1,0370
865
Sep
793
Oct
792
Nov
735
Dec
760
Jan
717
Feb
827
Mar
884
Apr
940
May
970
Jun
1.0k
Jul
952
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
865
October 2025
793
November 2025
792
December 2025
735
January 2026
760
February 2026
717
March 2026
827
April 2026
884
May 2026
940
June 2026
970
July 2026
1,037
August 2026
952
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area
66.7
Norfolk Constabulary
74.3
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
10,272 records and 154,114 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences43.3%
4,447 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour11.0%
1,130 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Criminal damage and arson9.1%
931 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Shoplifting8.6%
881 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Public order6.9%
707 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Other theft6.6%
683 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Drugs3.6%
368 records · England and Wales 3.4%
Burglary2.9%
294 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Where records cluster in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E07000146), which can differ from the place people call King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for King's Lynn and West Norfolk. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.