Total Crime Rate
57.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Farthing Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St Ives South , and the 251st highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Huntingdonshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Farthing Close (PE27 5JX) in the last 12 months was 57.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Farthing Close (PE27 5JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elsworth Close, where police recorded 25 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 St Ives South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Russet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsworth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Needingworth Road | — |
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