Total Crime Rate

100.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 46.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.4 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Church Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Whittlesey East & Villages , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Fenland .

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 Church Street (PE7 1DB) in the last 12 months was 100.8 per 1,000 residents and was 118.2% higher than the Whittlesey East & Villages average (46.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -34.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 157.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (PE7 1DB), the main crime hotspot is near Whitmore Street. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gracious Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oldfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duddington Gardens —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wittel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horsegate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Marys Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wittel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claygate Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Paradise Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whitmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poles Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Marys Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piketts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyce Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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