Total Crime Rate

30.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 30.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Howitts Gardens area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in St Neots Eynesbury , and the 169th lowest crime rate of 569 local areas in Huntingdonshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Howitts Gardens (PE19 2NX) in the last 12 months was 30.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% lower than the St Neots Eynesbury average (89.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howitts Gardens (PE19 2NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near James Court (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Howitts Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ireton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Burglary Hampden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hampden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howitt'S Lane

Data Sources

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