Total Crime Rate
155.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princes Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Leverington & Wisbech Rural , and the 40th highest crime rate of 303 local areas in Fenland .
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 Princes Road (PE13 2PG) in the last 12 months was 155.9 per 1,000 residents and was 118.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 66.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princes Road (PE13 2PG), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaol Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ely Place | — |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fardell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fardell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norfolk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Mews | Under investigation |
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