Total Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Delph Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Whittlesey East & Villages , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Fenland .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Delph Street (PE7 1FN) in the last 12 months was 61.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Delph Street (PE7 1FN), 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.
View Crime In Whittlesey East & Villages| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claygate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dapple Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Delph | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gracious Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wittel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spire View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oldfield Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wittel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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