Total Crime Rate

99.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.6 8/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Wendreds Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Exning , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Wendreds Way (CB8 7HJ) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.0% lower than the Exning average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Wendreds Way (CB8 7HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heath Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queensway (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Wendreds Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Wendred'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lacey'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heath Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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