PE36
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hunstanton, 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 PE36 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE36, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE36 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE36 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE36 at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE36.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (159), other crime (74) and criminal damage and arson (54).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE36 was 54.5 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 PE36, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE36 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE36
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 001A | 1,601 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.6% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 001B | 1,209 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 65.7% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 001C | 1,146 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.3% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 001D | 1,275 | 147.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.1% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003F | 1,107 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 39.9% |
Your MP
- James WildConservativeMP for North West Norfolk
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 PE361
Postcode sectors in PE363
Council1
Postcode districts next to PE361
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PE36 in brief
PE36 is a postcode district covering Hunstanton, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
About 6,124 people lived in PE36 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 134 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE36 was £300,000 in 2025.
PE36 had 6,227 usual residents at the census.
In PE36, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE36, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.