Crime Rates at Rookswood Road, March, PE15 8AS

Rookswood Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in March East , and the 13th 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 Rookswood Road (PE15 8AS) in the last 12 months was 370.4 per 1,000 residents and was 355.3% higher than the March East average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 202.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rookswood Road (PE15 8AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broad Street, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon Avenue (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.