Total Crime Rate

61.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 61.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Delph 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

Crime Over Time in Delph Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claygate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dapple Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Delph Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gracious Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wittel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spire View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oldfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wittel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Whitmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.