Crime Statistics for Grafham Water, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Grafham Water, Huntingdonshire

There were a total of 7 street level crime incidents in Grafham Water in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Grafham Water, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime4
Other Theft1
Burglary1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime7

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Grafham Water. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Grafham Water

We've taken the ten nearest places to Grafham Water and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Grafham Water has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Buckden (2.81 miles)10
Hardwick (2.11 miles)8
Grafham Water7
Stirtloe (3.02 miles)4
Stonely (2.93 miles)3
Kym (3.23 miles)2
Grafham (1.03 miles)1
Spaldwick (2.91 miles)0
Great Staughton (3.01 miles)0
Kym (2.07 miles)0

6.77%
of Buckden residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Grafham Water?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Grafham Water and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Grafham Water4
Buckden2
Stonely2
Hardwick1
Stirtloe1
Kym0
Grafham0
Spaldwick0
Great Staughton0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Grafham Water?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Grafham Water to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Grafham Water compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Grafham Water and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Grafham Water is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1St Neots Eynesbury50
2St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton40
3St Neots Eatons34
4Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots25
5Alconbury24
6Brampton24
7Great Staughton22
8Buckden22
9The Stukeleys18
10Kimbolton8

Which road in Grafham Water has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Grafham Water with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Copes Close.

Last updated: January 2024
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