Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 17.1 6/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Woolpack Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St Ives South , and the 112th highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Huntingdonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woolpack Lane (PE27 5EF) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% higher than the St Ives South average (82.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woolpack Lane (PE27 5EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birt Lane, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woolpack Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birt Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Norris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Norris Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Globe Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Norris Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norris Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Enderbys Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Enderbys Wharf
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birt Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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