Crime Rates at Museum Square, Wisbech, PE13 1ES

Museum Square area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Leverington & Wisbech Rural , and the highest crime rate of 302 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 Museum Square (PE13 1ES) in the last 12 months was 1509.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2035.4% higher than the Leverington & Wisbech Rural average (70.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 173 (≈ 629.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Museum Square (PE13 1ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 160 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.