Total Crime Rate

29.5 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 29.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.7 4/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Desborough Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Huntingdon East , and the 160th 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 Desborough Road (PE29 1RX) in the last 12 months was 29.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% lower than the Huntingdon East average (44.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Desborough Road (PE29 1RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Veasey Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenhart Grove (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Desborough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Othello Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Othello Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardy Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Drake Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gardeners Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Veasey Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Greenhart Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhart Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Greenhart Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Othello Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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