Total Crime Rate

84.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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.
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Crime overview

Windmill Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Whittlesey East & Villages , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Fenland .

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 Windmill Street (PE7 1HJ) in the last 12 months was 84.2 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 46.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windmill Street (PE7 1HJ), 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 Windmill Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horsegate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wittel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wittel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duddington Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oldfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Dapple Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Poles Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gracious Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Delph Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Marys Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claygate Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Paradise Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plough Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyce Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piketts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Marys Street
Sep 2025Public order Whitmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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