Total Crime Rate
260.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wherry Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in March East , and the 18th 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 Wherry Close (PE15 9BX) in the last 12 months was 260.7 per 1,000 residents and was 244.3% higher than the March East average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 114.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wherry Close (PE15 9BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lamb'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeygate Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeygate Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeygate Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lamb'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbeach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wherry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Milner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbeach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Acre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Road | — |
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