Total Crime Rate
686.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Parsons Green area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Holywell-cum-Needingworth , and the 5th 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 Parsons Green (PE27 4AA) in the last 12 months was 686.8 per 1,000 residents and was 957.1% higher than the Holywell-cum-Needingworth average (65.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 167 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 90.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parsons Green (PE27 4AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Needingworth Road, where police recorded 183 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willow Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holywell-cum-Needingworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Needingworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Needingworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Needingworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsons Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsons Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parsons Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Needingworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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