Total Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Limes Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Littleport , and the 56th highest crime rate of 245 local areas in East Cambridgeshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Limes Close (CB6 1QQ) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Littleport average (78.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Limes Close (CB6 1QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornfield Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Littleport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old School Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old School Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old School Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornfield Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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