Total Crime Rate

25.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Great How area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Ives East , and the 125th lowest crime rate of 569 local areas in Huntingdonshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great How (PE27 6HH) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% lower than the St Ives East average (43.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great How (PE27 6HH), the main crime hotspot is near Green How. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great How area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Milton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Green How Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Elm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heron Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heron Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silver Birch Avenue

Data Sources

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