Crime Rate in St Ives South, ward

St Ives South has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Huntingdonshire district and the 2591st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 232nd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Ives South in the last 12 months was 82.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% higher than the Huntingdonshire district average (72.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Ives South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 282 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -48.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 328 (≈ 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Ives South ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 59 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Brownlow Road (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.