Community Safety

This section contains information about the work of the Community Safety Team.

Statistically, West Norfolk enjoys one of the lowest crime rates in England.

Crime figures can be found on the Dawn (Data About West Norfolk) website.

Since 1998 Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council have worked in partnership to reduce Crime and Disorder and tackle Misuse of Drugs in West Norfolk.

The Portfolio Holder for Community Safety is Councillor David Harwood.

You can find out more about the Safer West Norfolk partnership by viewing West Norfolk's Community Safety Strategy 2005-2008 (578KB, pdf) and King's Lynn & West Norfolk's Crime & Disorder & Drugs Audit 2004 (3.76MB, pdf).

Community Safety covers a variety of topics including the following: