PE32
Postcode districtPostcode district covering King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk and Breckland.
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 PE32 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 21% of people in PE32 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PE32 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE32 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE32 at a rate of 38.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across the PE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE32.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (288), other crime (139) and anti-social behaviour (101).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE32 was 34.2 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 PE32, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE32 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE32
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckland 002B | 2,160 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 18.7% |
| Breckland 002C | 2,520 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.4% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 004D | 2,294 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 11.1% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 012A | 2,462 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.1% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 012B | 1,128 | 18.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 11.0% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 012C | 1,237 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 13.6% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 012D | 2,635 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 34.3% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk 014F | 1,469 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 5.9% |
MPs for PE32
- James WildConservativeMP for North West Norfolk57% of PE32’s postcodes
- George FreemanConservativeMP for Mid Norfolk28% of PE32’s postcodes
- Terry JermyLabourMP for South West Norfolk15% of PE32’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 PE321
Postcode sectors in PE322
Councils PE32 covers2
Postcode districts next to PE328
More in the PE postcode area2
PE32 in brief
PE32 is a postcode district covering King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk and Breckland.
About 16,344 people lived in PE32 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £299,995 in 2025 across 215 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 38.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE32 was £299,995 in 2025.
PE32 had 16,220 usual residents at the census.
About 21% of people in PE32 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PE32, 27.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.