Total Crime Rate
74.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Holywell-cum-Needingworth , and the 167th highest crime rate of 572 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 High Street (PE27 4SJ) in the last 12 months was 74.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% higher than the Holywell-cum-Needingworth average (55.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 97.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (PE27 4SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Egret Close. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Holywell-cum-Needingworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Asplins Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Senes Calls | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Egret Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egret Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egret Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Senes Calls | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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