Crime in Huntingdonshire: statistics, rates and trends
12,946 crimes were recorded in Huntingdonshire in the 12 months to August 2026, 67.9 per 1,000 residents. That is lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and down 2% on the year before.
Table of Contents
- Crime map
- Crime in Huntingdonshire at a glance
- Crime trends in Huntingdonshire
- Types of crime in Huntingdonshire
- Home Office recorded crime in Huntingdonshire
- Huntingdonshire compared with nearby districts
- Areas within Huntingdonshire
- Streets with the most crime in Huntingdonshire
- What happened after crimes were reported in Huntingdonshire
- Demographics of Huntingdonshire
- Fly-tipping in Huntingdonshire
- Questions about crime in Huntingdonshire
- About this data
Crime map
Violence and sexual offences (4,875), anti-social behaviour (2,512) and criminal damage and arson (1,048) made up 65% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 227th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lowest quarter.
| Measure | Huntingdonshire | Cambridgeshire | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes, the 12 months to August 2026 | 12,946 | 54,865 | 5,618,064 |
| Crimes per 1,000 residents | 67.9 | 77.2 | 96.7 |
| Change on previous 12 months | -2% | +2% | -1% |
| Population | 190,619 | 710,317 | 58,127,638 |
Recorded crime in Huntingdonshire peaked in the year to August 2025 (13,182 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2021 (12,140). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 3%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.
| Period | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to August 2026 | 12,946 | 67.9 | 96.7 |
| Year to August 2025 | 13,182 | 69.2 | 97.2 |
| Year to August 2024 | 12,178 | 63.9 | 97.9 |
| Year to August 2023 | 12,692 | 66.6 | n/a |
| Year to August 2022 | 12,600 | 66.1 | 102.0 |
| Year to August 2021 | 12,140 | 63.7 | 101.4 |
| Year to August 2020 | 12,447 | 65.3 | 102.7 |
| Year to August 2019 | 12,748 | 66.9 | 101.7 |
| Year to August 2018 | 12,603 | 66.1 | 100.8 |
Month by month
| Month | Crimes |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1,159 |
| July 2026 | 1,177 |
| June 2026 | 1,232 |
| May 2026 | 1,181 |
| April 2026 | 1,026 |
| March 2026 | 1,000 |
| February 2026 | 935 |
| January 2026 | 1,034 |
| December 2025 | 987 |
| November 2025 | 997 |
| October 2025 | 1,118 |
| September 2025 | 1,100 |
No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (84% below) and robbery (81% below) were well below it. On the year before, drugs rose from 376 to 576, while bicycle theft fell from 188 to 128 and theft from the person fell from 66 to 51.
| Crime type | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Change on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4,875 | 25.6 | 34.2 | +4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2,512 | 13.2 | 15.4 | -6% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1,048 | 5.5 | 6.7 | -8% |
| Shoplifting | 725 | 3.8 | 8.5 | -18% |
| Public order | 684 | 3.6 | 6.7 | -6% |
| Other theft | 663 | 3.5 | 6.4 | -10% |
| Vehicle crime | 605 | 3.2 | 5.0 | -1% |
| Drugs | 576 | 3.0 | 3.3 | +53% |
| Burglary | 441 | 2.3 | 3.6 | -8% |
| Other crime | 403 | 2.1 | 2.1 | +9% |
| Possession of weapons | 185 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +6% |
| Bicycle theft | 128 | 0.7 | 0.8 | -32% |
| Theft from the person | 51 | 0.3 | 1.7 | -23% |
| Robbery | 50 | 0.3 | 1.4 | -18% |
What each category covers: crime categories.
10,659 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Huntingdonshire in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 55.9 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was up 4% on the year ending March 2025 (10,296), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Huntingdonshire had the 65th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).
Of the crimes recorded in the Cambridgeshire Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.5% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Huntingdonshire is a slight undercount.
Offences recorded in Huntingdonshire, the year ending March 2026
The largest category was violence without injury, with 1,907 offences (18% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving (3.6 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.11 times), robbery of personal property (0.22 times) and public order offences (0.52 times).
The largest rises on the year were in trafficking of drugs (from 106 to 235) and arson (+67%). The largest falls were in theft from the person (from 86 to 37) and robbery of personal property (−32%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).
| Offence | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence without injury | 1,907 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 0.76 | −3% |
| Stalking and harassment | 1,248 | 6.5 | 10.1 | 0.65 | +8% |
| Criminal damage | 1,054 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 0.81 | −2% |
| Violence with injury | 999 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 0.64 | +21% |
| Shoplifting | 849 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 0.55 | – |
| Other theft offences | 724 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 0.58 | −5% |
| Public order offences | 687 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 0.52 | −6% |
| Vehicle offences | 666 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.69 | +11% |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 397 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.99 | +14% |
| Other sexual offences | 392 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.90 | +12% |
| Possession of drugs | 346 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.73 | +20% |
| Residential burglary | 315 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.66 | +22% |
| Trafficking of drugs | 235 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.04 | +122% |
| Possession of weapons | 185 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.97 | +6% |
| Bicycle theft | 171 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 1.05 | −6% |
| Non-residential burglary | 171 | 0.90 | 1.1 | 0.80 | −17% |
| Rape | 144 | 0.76 | 1.2 | 0.63 | +4% |
| Arson | 60 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.83 | +67% |
| Robbery of personal property | 39 | 0.20 | 0.91 | 0.22 | −32% |
| Theft from the person | 37 | 0.19 | 1.8 | 0.11 | −57% |
| Death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving | 24 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 3.61 | +14% |
| Robbery of business property | 8 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.09 | – |
| Homicide | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.65 | 0% |
Recorded crime in Huntingdonshire since the year ending March 2019
The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2019 to 2026. Huntingdonshire's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 8 years. The series starts in the year ending March 2019 because the share of crimes in the Cambridgeshire Police area not assigned to a district moved from 0.2% in the year ending March 2018 to 2.0% in the year ending March 2019, which changes district totals without any change in crime.
Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).
| Year ending March | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10,659 | 55.9 | 83.2 |
| 2025 | 10,296 | 54.0 | 84.5 |
| 2024 | 10,513 | 55.2 | 86.2 |
| 2023 | 10,953 | 57.5 | 89.2 |
| 2022 | 10,724 | 56.3 | 85.4 |
| 2021 | 9,715 | 51.0 | 74.1 |
| 2020 | 10,567 | 55.4 | 84.7 |
| 2019 | 10,305 | 54.1 | 84.1 |
Districts in the Cambridgeshire Police area, the year ending March 2026
Of the 6 districts in the Cambridgeshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Huntingdonshire had the 3rd lowest rate.
| District | Offences | Per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | 23,770 | 106.3 | 1.28 |
| Cambridge | 13,699 | 91.7 | 1.10 |
| Fenland | 7,846 | 74.8 | 0.90 |
| Huntingdonshire | 10,659 | 55.9 | 0.67 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 8,092 | 46.9 | 0.56 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 4,287 | 46.1 | 0.55 |
Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.
5 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Huntingdonshire; the highest is Peterborough district (125.9 per 1,000) and the lowest South Cambridgeshire (59.1).
| District | Crimes | Per 1,000 | Rate vs Huntingdonshire |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Cambridgeshire | 10,190 | 59.1 | -13% |
| Cambridge | 16,597 | 111.1 | +64% |
| Peterborough | 28,159 | 125.9 | +85% |
| Bedford | 18,621 | 95.5 | +41% |
| Fenland | 9,525 | 90.8 | +34% |
| East Cambridgeshire | 5,607 | 60.4 | -11% |
| North Northamptonshire | 32,796 | 87.7 | +29% |
| North Hertfordshire | 9,152 | 66.7 | -2% |
Of the 53 areas within Huntingdonshire, Huntingdon North had the highest crime rate (176.1 per 1,000) and Hemingford Grey the lowest (20.9), 8 times apart.
| Area | Type | Population | Crimes | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon North | Neighbourhood | 12,268 | 2,160 | 176.1 |
| Huntingdon | Town | 26,482 | 3,271 | 123.5 |
| Ramsey | Town | 5,500 | 548 | 99.6 |
| St Ives South | Neighbourhood | 7,661 | 680 | 88.8 |
| St Neots East | Neighbourhood | 4,702 | 408 | 86.8 |
| The Stukeleys | Neighbourhood | 7,630 | 641 | 84.0 |
| St Neots Eynesbury | Neighbourhood | 12,706 | 1,066 | 83.9 |
| Ramsey | Neighbourhood | 11,612 | 874 | 75.3 |
| St Neots | Town | 33,021 | 2,386 | 72.3 |
| Yaxley (Huntingdonshire) | Town | 9,897 | 713 | 72.0 |
| Yaxley | Neighbourhood | 11,513 | 806 | 70.0 |
| Alconbury | Neighbourhood | 2,987 | 200 | 67.0 |
| St Ives (Huntingdonshire) | Town | 17,355 | 1,142 | 65.8 |
| Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley | Neighbourhood | 5,935 | 367 | 61.8 |
| Huntingdon East | Neighbourhood | 8,324 | 507 | 60.9 |
| Godmanchester | Town | 9,107 | 552 | 60.6 |
| Sawtry | Town | 7,321 | 438 | 59.8 |
| St Neots Eatons | Neighbourhood | 11,266 | 668 | 59.3 |
| Needingworth | Town | 2,606 | 154 | 59.1 |
| Brampton | Neighbourhood | 10,265 | 600 | 58.5 |
| Farcet | Town | 1,616 | 93 | 57.5 |
| Wyton | Town | 2,245 | 127 | 56.6 |
| Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots | Neighbourhood | 10,820 | 601 | 55.5 |
| Brampton (Huntingdonshire) | Town | 7,421 | 405 | 54.6 |
| Fenstanton | Town | 3,765 | 196 | 52.1 |
| Stilton | Town | 3,185 | 165 | 51.8 |
| St Ives West | Neighbourhood | 3,009 | 148 | 49.2 |
| Somersham (Huntingdonshire) | Town | 3,043 | 147 | 48.3 |
| Somersham | Neighbourhood | 3,043 | 147 | 48.3 |
| Warboys | Town | 5,313 | 255 | 48.0 |
| Bury (Huntingdonshire) | Town | 2,263 | 108 | 47.7 |
| Fenstanton | Neighbourhood | 5,189 | 244 | 47.0 |
| St Ives East | Neighbourhood | 6,685 | 314 | 47.0 |
| Kimbolton | Neighbourhood | 3,477 | 163 | 46.9 |
| Great Staughton | Neighbourhood | 3,677 | 172 | 46.8 |
| Bluntisham and Colne | Town | 2,026 | 94 | 46.4 |
| Warboys | Neighbourhood | 8,194 | 380 | 46.4 |
| Holywell-cum-Needingworth | Neighbourhood | 7,959 | 369 | 46.4 |
| St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton | Neighbourhood | 9,780 | 446 | 45.6 |
| Buckden | Town | 3,630 | 163 | 44.9 |
| Little Stukeley | Town | 2,360 | 102 | 43.2 |
| Little Paxton | Town | 4,212 | 167 | 39.6 |
| Upwood | Town | 1,496 | 59 | 39.4 |
| Earith | Town | 1,653 | 65 | 39.3 |
| Kimbolton | Town | 1,735 | 68 | 39.2 |
| Hemingford Grey & Houghton | Neighbourhood | 7,514 | 278 | 37.0 |
| Great Gransden | Town | 1,747 | 59 | 33.8 |
| Hilton (Huntingdonshire) | Town | 1,424 | 48 | 33.7 |
| Great Paxton | Neighbourhood | 3,452 | 106 | 30.7 |
| Houghton (Huntingdonshire) | Town | 1,899 | 56 | 29.5 |
| Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny | Town | 1,713 | 49 | 28.6 |
| Great Staughton | Town | 1,494 | 42 | 28.1 |
| Hemingford Grey | Town | 1,433 | 30 | 20.9 |
The 10 locations below account for 19% of the crime recorded in Huntingdonshire over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (926).
| Location | Crimes |
|---|---|
| On or near Parking Area | 926 |
| On or near Shopping Area | 342 |
| On or near Petrol Station | 219 |
| On or near Supermarket | 206 |
| On or near A1307 | 174 |
| On or near Park/Open Space | 164 |
| On or near High Street | 139 |
| On or near Roman Way | 93 |
| On or near Hospital | 91 |
| On or near Needingworth Road | 90 |
Of the 10,434 crimes in Huntingdonshire with a recorded outcome, 28% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.7% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 2,512 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.
| Outcome | Crimes | Share | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unable to prosecute suspect | 4,247 | 40.7% | 34.5% |
| Investigation complete; no suspect identified | 2,957 | 28.3% | 35.3% |
| Under investigation | 1,258 | 12.1% | 11.5% |
| Awaiting court outcome | 495 | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Status update unavailable | 456 | 4.4% | 4.7% |
| Local resolution | 418 | 4.0% | 3.1% |
| Court result unavailable | 229 | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Action to be taken by another organisation | 180 | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| Offender given a caution | 154 | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| Formal action is not in the public interest | 12 | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Suspect charged as part of another case | 11 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Further investigation is not in the public interest | 9 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
Huntingdonshire has an estimated population of 190,619 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (13%, against 23%), fewer students (4.6%, against 7.9%) and less social housing (13%, against 17%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Huntingdonshire average decile 7.4 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.
| Measure | Huntingdonshire | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 0 to 15 | 18.2% | 18.3% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20.5% | 18.9% |
| Residents 16+ in work | 61.6% | 57.2% |
| Residents 16+ unemployed | 2.3% | 3.4% |
| Residents 16+ retired | 23.6% | 21.6% |
| Residents 16+ who are students | 4.6% | 7.9% |
| Residents 16+ with Level 4 qualifications or above (degree, HND and similar) | 33.4% | 33.8% |
| Residents 16+ with no qualifications | 15.6% | 18.2% |
| Households with no car or van | 13.1% | 23.3% |
| Homes owned outright or with a mortgage | 70.4% | 62.5% |
| Social rented homes | 12.8% | 17.1% |
| Private rented homes | 16.8% | 20.3% |
| Average deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least) | 7.4 | 5.5 (England) |
3,560 fly-tipping incidents were recorded in Huntingdonshire in 2024/25 (18.7 per 1,000 residents, against 21.1 across the councils in England that count all incidents), according to the council's return to Defra. Fly-tipping is not in the police figures on this page: fly-tipping in Huntingdonshire has the council's figures by place, type of waste and size, and its enforcement actions and fines.
Is Huntingdonshire a safe place to live?
Huntingdonshire recorded 67.9 crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and ranks 227th of the 302 districts on this site by crime rate (1 = highest).
What is the most common crime in Huntingdonshire?
Violence and sexual offences was the most common category, with 4,875 reports in the 12 months to August 2026, followed by anti-social behaviour (2,512).
Is crime in Huntingdonshire going up or down?
Recorded crime in Huntingdonshire was down 2% on the year before: 12,946 crimes in the 12 months to August 2026 against 13,182 in the previous 12 months.
What is the population of Huntingdonshire?
About 190,619 people (ONS mid-2024 estimate), 20% of them aged 65 or over (England and Wales: 19%).
Which police force covers Huntingdonshire?
Huntingdonshire is policed by Cambridgeshire.
How many crimes did the police record in Huntingdonshire in the year ending March 2026?
10,659 crimes, excluding fraud, in the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics: 55.9 per 1,000 residents, against 83.2 across England and Wales. In the year ending March 2025 the figure was 10,296.
Which offences are more common in Huntingdonshire than across England and Wales?
Relative to the national rate, the most over-represented categories in the year ending March 2026 were death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving (24 offences, 3.6 times the England and Wales rate).
Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.