Total Crime Rate

96.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

The Heath area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Holywell-cum-Needingworth , and the 119th 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 The Heath (PE28 3LQ) in the last 12 months was 96.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in The Heath area

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Data Sources

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