Crime in IP26
How much crime is recorded in IP26, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Population
- 14,912 (2024)
IP26Postcode district · Thetford
How safe is IP26
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 14.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in IP26, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.