South & West Lynn
WardWest King's Lynn and West Norfolk. About 5,431 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in South & West Lynn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South & West Lynn compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South & West Lynn safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South & West Lynn at a rate of 129.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.7 per 1,000 people across King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South & West Lynn.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (294), other crime (119) and shoplifting (118).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
These figures are published for the whole of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, not for each ward, so they describe all of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and not South & West Lynn alone. See King's Lynn and West Norfolk
South & West Lynn in brief
South & West Lynn had 5,370 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in South & West Lynn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South & West Lynn, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South & West Lynn, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.