Crime Statistics for Islands Common, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Islands Common in October 2024. There were a total of 120 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 Islands Common, 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	42
Anti Social Behaviour	19
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Burglary	11
Other Theft	9
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Shoplifting	5
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Bicycle Theft	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	120

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Islands Common. 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 Islands Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Eynesbury (1.24 miles)	285
St Neots (0.62 miles)	157
Islands Common	120
Eaton Ford (0.88 miles)	96
Eaton Socon (1.75 miles)	51
Little Paxton (0.62 miles)	46
Duloe (1.96 miles)	8
Great Paxton (1.75 miles)	7
Hail Weston (1.39 miles)	7
Southoe (1.86 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Islands Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Eynesbury	97
St Neots	58
Islands Common	42
Eaton Ford	39
Little Paxton	32
Eaton Socon	14
Duloe	3
Hail Weston	3
Great Paxton	2
Southoe	1

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

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 Islands Common 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 Islands Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Islands Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Islands Common have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is .

#	Ward	Score
1	St Neots Eynesbury	50
2	St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton	40
3	Wyboston	40
4	Great Paxton	34
5	Potton	34
6	St Neots Eatons	34
7	Great Staughton	22
8	Buckden	22
9	Gamlingay	18
10	Kimbolton	8

Which road in Islands Common has the highest level of crime?

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