Crime Statistics for Walsoken, Fenland, Cambridgeshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Walsoken in September 2024. There were a total of 359 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Walsoken, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	144
Anti Social Behaviour	55
Shoplifting	32
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Drugs	22
Other Theft	18
Other Crime	16
Vehicle Crime	12
Burglary	10
Public Order	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Bicycle Theft	4
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	359

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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 Walsoken

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Walsoken	338
Emneth (1.96 miles)	40
Holly End (2.78 miles)	23
Chequers Corner (1.75 miles)	14
Marshland St James (2.55 miles)	7
Collett’s Br (2.56 miles)	7
Ratten Row (3.1 miles)	5
Walpole Highway (3.1 miles)	5
Walton Highway (1.75 miles)	3
Begdale (2.78 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Walsoken?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Walsoken	144
Emneth	37
Holly End	16
Chequers Corner	10
Marshland St James	4
Collett’s Br	3
Begdale	1
Ratten Row	0
Walpole Highway	0
Walton Highway	0

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

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 Walsoken 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 Walsoken compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Clarkson	83
2	Peckover	83
3	Medworth	79
4	Octavia Hill	69
5	Staithe	64
6	Waterlees Village	54
7	Walsoken, West Walton & Walpole	51
8	Emneth & Outwell	51
9	Roman Bank	48
10	Tilney, Mershe Lande & Wiggenhall	17

Which road in Walsoken has the highest level of crime?

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