Total Crime Rate

575.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 575.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 138.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 83.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 66.5 10/10
  • Public order 40.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 28.9 10/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Other 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

Market Hill area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Brampton , and the 6th 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 Market Hill (PE29 3NR) in the last 12 months was 575.1 per 1,000 residents and was 569.5% higher than the Brampton average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 199.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Hill (PE29 3NR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 342 crimes here, including 123 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Market Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Oak Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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