Total Crime Rate

163.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 163.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Saunders Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Huntingdon East , and the 45th 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 Saunders Close (PE29 7AJ) in the last 12 months was 163.4 per 1,000 residents and was 271.7% higher 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 95.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Saunders Close (PE29 7AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maule Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bernard Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Saunders Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sallowbush Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maule Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maule Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Maule Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellsfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sparrow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellsfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beech Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Beech Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horse Common Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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