# King's Lynn

Town in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England.

King's Lynn is a town in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 111.0 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63002284. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [King's Lynn and West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk)

King's Lynn is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for King's Lynn add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in King's Lynn was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 348th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-lynn#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 47,604** (2021). King's Lynn had 47,604 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 233rd most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-lynn#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 57%** (2022). About 57% of people in King's Lynn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-lynn#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 79.2%** (January 2026). In King's Lynn, 79.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-lynn#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002284) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 57% of people in King's Lynn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002284) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 630 homes were sold in King's Lynn in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002284) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for King's Lynn.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002284) (Census 2021, England and Wales): King's Lynn had 47,604 usual residents at the census.

## How King's Lynn compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | King's Lynn | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £225,000 | joint 6th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 47,604 | 21st most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 57% | 27th most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 79.2% | joint 13th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is King's Lynn safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in King's Lynn at a rate of 111.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 479 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in King's Lynn.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,291), other crime (979) and shoplifting (578).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in King's Lynn was 113.7 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 King's Lynn, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so King's Lynn has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in King's Lynn

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026691) | 1,193 | 18.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 44.5% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026692) | 1,140 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 47.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026708) | 1,380 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026709) | 1,925 | 14.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 70.2% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026710) | 1,198 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 61.5% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026669) | 1,976 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.0% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026670) | 1,618 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 56.3% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026671) | 1,352 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026672) | 1,411 | 16.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.6% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026673) | 1,414 | 18.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026687) | 1,962 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026688) | 1,696 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.3% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026689) | 1,523 | 199.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026690) | 1,696 | 124.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026666) | 1,999 | 158.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026667) | 1,488 | 113.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.7% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026668) | 1,635 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026693) | 2,235 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026662) | 2,861 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 41.9% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026663) | 1,751 | 116.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 17.2% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026664) | 2,217 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.1% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026714) | 2,260 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.4% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026699) | 1,620 | 318.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 64.7% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026700) | 1,401 | 199.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026704) | 1,870 | 231.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026705) | 1,797 | 96.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026706) | 2,044 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 011G](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01034768) | 1,113 | 330.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 66.5% |
| [King's Lynn and West Norfolk 011H](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01034769) | 1,040 | 606.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.0% |

## Your MP

- [North West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-norfolk): James Wild (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[King's Lynn and West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk)

## Postcode districts covering King's Lynn

[PE30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe30), [PE34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe34)

## Middle areas in King's Lynn

[Fairstead & Springwood](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/fairstead-and-springwood), [Gaywood Chase & Old Gaywood](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/gaywood-chase-and-old-gaywood), [Gaywood North Bank](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/gaywood-north-bank), [North Lynn](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/north-lynn), [Town, South Lynn & West Lynn](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/town-south-lynn-and-west-lynn), [Wootton](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk/wootton)

## Towns near King's Lynn

[Downham Market](https://openindex.co.uk/town/downham-market), [Wisbech](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wisbech), [Swaffham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swaffham), [Holbeach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/holbeach), [Fakenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fakenham), [March](https://openindex.co.uk/town/march)

## King's Lynn in brief

King's Lynn is a town in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England.
About 48,242 people lived in King's Lynn in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 630 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in King's Lynn was £225,000 in 2025.
King's Lynn had 47,604 usual residents at the census.
About 57% of people in King's Lynn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In King's Lynn, 79.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002284
- Constituency: [North West Norfolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-norfolk)
- Council: [King's Lynn and West Norfolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 15.52 km²
- People, mid-2024: 48,242*
- Neighbourhoods: 29
- Output areas: 145

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Downham Market](https://openindex.co.uk/town/downham-market), [Wisbech](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wisbech), [Swaffham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swaffham), [Holbeach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/holbeach), [Fakenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fakenham), [March](https://openindex.co.uk/town/march)

## Latest updates for King's Lynn

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002284

## How to cite

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