Total Crime Rate
109.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Payne Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Wisbech North , and the 66th highest crime rate of 303 local areas in Fenland .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Payne Avenue (PE13 3HS) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Wisbech North average (94.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 109.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Payne Avenue (PE13 3HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coldhorn Crescent, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ollard Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coldhorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sherwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Payne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waterlees Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prins Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kooreman Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Apeldoorn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Apeldoorn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coldhorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coldhorn Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southfields Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beechwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Storbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Storbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goddard Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godwin Road | — |
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