Total Crime Rate
1498.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
658.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Leverington & Wisbech Rural , and the highest crime rate of 303 local areas in Fenland .
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 High Street (PE13 1DB) in the last 12 months was 1498.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2002.1% higher than the Leverington & Wisbech Rural average (71.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 140 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 181 (≈ 658.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (PE13 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Dominic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exchange Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royal Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royal Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stermyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stermyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stermyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stermyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stermyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stermyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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