Total Crime Rate

181.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 181.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.3 10/10
  • Burglary 20.2 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in St Neots Eynesbury , and the 40th highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Huntingdonshire .

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 Howitts Lane (PE19 2PE) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 104.1% higher than the St Neots Eynesbury average (89.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howitts Lane (PE19 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfax Court (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Howitts Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howitt'S Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ireton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hampden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hampden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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