Peterborough has the highest crime rate in Cambridgeshire and ranks 53rd nationally with 105 crimes per 1,000 residents.
Areas are split into smaller local groups. This helps compare crime fairly. Populations vary between different areas. Crime rates show crimes per 1,000 people.
Peterborough’s crime rate is highest in Cambridgeshire. They have 105 crimes per 1,000 residents. That is one crime for every nine people. Peterborough ranks 53rd highest nationally.
Cambridge’s crime rate comes next at 103. Fenland follows with a crime rate of 75. South Cambridgeshire is the safest area. It has 44 crimes per 1,000 people. South Cambridgeshire ranks 16th safest nationally.
Homicides dropped last year by four percent. However, knife crimes went up four percent. Firearm offenses rose by nineteen percent. Robbery went up four percent. Shoplifting increased by twenty three percent.
A crime survey also came out recently. It uses interviews to measure crime. The survey estimates 9.5 million “headline” crimes. These include theft and robbery, fraud and violence.
The latest total is one million higher than last year. Fraud caused much of this increase. About 4.4 million people faced harassment. Around 2.2 million suffered domestic abuse. Stalkers targeted around 1.6 million people. Sexual assault affected 1.0 million.