North Lynn

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 7,015 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,312 of 6,856 in England
  • #730 of 746 in East of England
  • #19 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,873
Median age (est.)34
Density1,500per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above16%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 40%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 18%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 18%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 23% · Process & plant 21% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary23%
Process & plant21%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional7%
Associate professional6%
Managers & directors5%
Administrative5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 28%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

North Lynn is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,312 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Education (0). Typical homes here sold for about £156,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 49 sales), 42% below the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £31,757 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 119 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 10 · #6,161
Employment 11 · #6,126
Education 0 · #6,846
Health 8 · #6,298
Crime 14 · #5,873
Housing & access 82 · #1,259
Living environment 66 · #2,356

House prices ?

£156,000median (12m) · +7.6% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£156,00049+7.6%-5.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£200,00013+14.3%+11.1%
Terraced£134,25030+0.9%-7.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£156,000
King's Lynn and West Norfolk£267,500
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£31,757±£4,550 · #6,015 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,122
Price-to-income ?4.9×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

119 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 837 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,442 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences423
Theft148
Burglary19
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons84
Drugs35
Robbery1
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 87 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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