PE31
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Heacham and Dersingham, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PE31 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE31, 66.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE31 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE31 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE31 at a rate of 33.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 69 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE31.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (288), other crime (128) and anti-social behaviour (81).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE31 was 35.5 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in PE31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE31 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE31
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002A | 1,130 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 36.1% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002B | 1,477 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 51.3% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002C | 1,799 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 40.7% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002D | 2,135 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 34.6% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003A | 1,627 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.6% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003B | 1,454 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003C | 1,522 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.5% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003D | 1,674 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.7% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003E | 1,334 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.3% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 004A | 1,781 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 004B | 1,554 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.5% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 004C | 1,418 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.2% |
MPs for PE31
- James WildConservativeMP for North West Norfolk99% of PE31’s postcodes
- Jerome MayhewConservativeMP for Broadland and Fakenham0.9% of PE31’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PE313
Postcode sectors in PE313
Council1
Postcode districts next to PE315
More in the PE postcode area2
PE31 in brief
PE31 is a postcode district covering Heacham and Dersingham, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
About 19,095 people lived in PE31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 367 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 33.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE31 was £325,000 in 2025.
PE31 had 19,462 usual residents at the census.
In PE31, 66.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE31, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.