Total Crime Rate
261.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wagstaffe Close area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Ramsey , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 572 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 Wagstaffe Close (PE26 1LB) in the last 12 months was 261.5 per 1,000 residents and was 225.0% higher than the Ramsey average (80.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wagstaffe Close (PE26 1LB), the main crime hotspot is near Canberra Court. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ramsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Star Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slade Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Muir Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Muir Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wagstaffe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canberra Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canberra Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canberra Court | — |
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