Total Crime Rate

90.3 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 90.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Chestnut Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Alconbury , and the 127th 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 Chestnut Close (PE28 5RA) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 119.2% higher than the Alconbury average (41.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 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). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chestnut Close (PE28 5RA), the main crime hotspot is near Richardson Drive. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chestnut Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenways Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richardson Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richardson Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Woodfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Belgrave Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Greenways Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Greenways Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenways Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenways Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenways Under investigation

Data Sources

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