Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0Huntingdon records bicycle theft at 7.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violent crime here is higher than in 89% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 85%. What’s more, recorded violence rose 7% in a year. Overall, Huntingdon grades D for safety (#47 of 50 in Cambridgeshire): more crime per resident than 88% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Its police logs show 44.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Huntingdon
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 7% more violent crime per resident in Huntingdon than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 7% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 242 UK towns of 18,000 to 35,000 people, Huntingdon has the 179th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Heanor, Tiverton and Clifton, higher than Nelson, Caerphilly and Newquay. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Huntingdon’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 4,673 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Huntingdon against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Huntingdon runs highest on bicycle theft (2.6 per 1,000 against 0.3), theft from the person (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.3) and possession of weapons (2.3 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,128 | 44.1 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 749 | 29.3 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 264 | 10.3 | 6.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 262 | 10.2 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 182 | 7.1 | 5.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 148 | 5.8 | 1.9 |
| Other theft | not graded | 142 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 90 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 87 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 71 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 67 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 58 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 27 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Robbery | Violent | 22 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
How Huntingdon’s neighbourhoods rank in England
23% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Huntingdon’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Of 242 towns its size, Huntingdon is 179th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 58 | Ely Cambridgeshire | 19,185 | 25.5 | 11.3 | 16.2 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | St Neots Cambridgeshire | 33,262 | 26.8 | 13.8 | 10.7 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 134 | March Cambridgeshire | 21,345 | 37.8 | 12.7 | 11 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 176 | Nelson Lancashire | 33,808 | 44.8 | 15.6 | 13.4 | D |
| 177 | Caerphilly Gwent | 33,104 | 42.1 | 18.6 | 12.5 | D |
| 178 | Newquay Cornwall | 24,543 | 45.9 | 14.8 | 18 | D |
| 179 | Huntingdon Cambridgeshire | 25,603 | 44.6 | 16.4 | 19.9 | D |
| 180 | Pontypridd Mid Glamorgan | 31,895 | 46.7 | 14.4 | 16.5 | D |
| 181 | Normanton West Yorkshire | 21,976 | 44.6 | 16.5 | 12.1 | D |
| 182 | Northwich Cheshire | 18,646 | 49.4 | 11.7 | 19.9 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 222 | Wisbech Cambridgeshire | 26,800 | 54.1 | 21.9 | 28.4 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 242 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Huntingdon, and others in Cambridgeshire.
Crime in Huntingdon per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 19 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police in Huntingdon identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 60% of Huntingdon’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 11% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (66% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 6% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 1,455 crimes.
How crime in Huntingdon has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +7% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -7% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -9% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +2% (towns its size -4%).
Lowest recorded crime in Huntingdon East, Brampton and The Stukeleys; highest in Huntingdon North
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon East | 6,940 | 14.9 | 5.9 | |
| Brampton | 2,542 | 31.6 | 7.3 | |
| The Stukeleys | 3,255 | 39 | 14 | |
| Huntingdon North | 12,694 | 65.3 | 24.3 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 1,883 | 35% violent |
| Shopping areas | 477 | 56% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 309 | 63% shoplifting & theft |
| Hospitals | 238 | 51% violent |
| Supermarkets | 126 | 38% shoplifting & theft |
| Parks and open spaces | 39 | 38% anti-social behaviour |
| College and university buildings | 27 | 44% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Huntingdon North records 2.7× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Huntingdon. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Huntingdon. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Huntingdon’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Two people died in collisions on Huntingdon’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 162 collisions with injuries inside Huntingdon in five years, in which two people died (1 was a cyclist). 44 people were killed or seriously injured: 5 on foot and 12 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Huntingdon’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Huntingdon’s own rate (1.6) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Huntingdon had 34.4 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 11% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Huntingdon’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Huntingdon
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon | 25,603 | 44.6 | 16.4 | D |
| Godmanchester | 7,714 | 27.9 | 9.7 | C+ |
| Brampton | 6,585 | 26.2 | 12.6 | C+ |
| Houghton | 1,368 | 13.2 | 6.1 | A− |
| Wyton | 1,248 | 16.6 | 5.3 | A− |
| Alconbury Weald | 1,222 | 44.5 | 14.7 | D |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 19.1 | 5.5 | B+ |
| Hemingford Grey | 3,372 | 6.8 | 7.8 | A |
Huntingdon records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Godmanchester, 1.8 miles away, records 27.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Huntingdon’s 44.6.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Big public sites inside the boundary. police.uk counted 238 at or near a hospital over three years. They count in Huntingdon’s rate, as they would for any town that has them.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Huntingdon sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Huntingdon
Is Huntingdon safe?
Police recorded 44.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Huntingdon’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 12% of UK towns. Among 242 UK towns of 18,000 to 35,000 people, Huntingdon is 179th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Huntingdon?
By council ward, Huntingdon East, Brampton and The Stukeleys record the least violent and household crime per resident: 14.9, 31.6 and 39 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 65.3 in Huntingdon North.
Is crime going up in Huntingdon?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 7%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 7%, shoplifting and theft fell 9% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Huntingdon?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,128 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (264) and shoplifting (262), with 749 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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