PE38
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Downham Market, Broomhill and Denver, 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 PE38 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE38, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE38 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE38 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE38 at a rate of 51.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE38.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (335), other crime (161) and anti-social behaviour (116).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE38 was 61.2 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 PE38, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE38 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE38
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 016F | 1,682 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 67.1% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017E | 1,628 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017F | 1,640 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.6% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017G | 2,125 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.3% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017H | 1,058 | 162.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.9% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017I | 1,177 | 27.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.5% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017J | 1,370 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.7% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017K | 1,117 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.5% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 017L | 1,232 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.8% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 018A | 2,434 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.1% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 019E | 1,436 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 28.7% |
MPs for PE38
- Terry JermyLabourMP for South West Norfolk100% of PE38’s postcodes
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire0.2% of PE38’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 PE381
Postcode sectors in PE383
Council1
Towns in PE381
Postcode districts next to PE385
More in the PE postcode area2
PE38 in brief
PE38 is a postcode district covering Downham Market, Broomhill and Denver, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
About 16,515 people lived in PE38 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 306 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE38 was £270,000 in 2025.
PE38 had 16,424 usual residents at the census.
In PE38, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE38, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.