Figures show violent crime on the rise in Wisbech area

Violent crime has risen in Fenland over the last year, amid an increase in recorded crime across England and Wales.

But with no official crime statistics yet published for the coronavirus lockdown period, police chiefs say their own figures show overall crime remains far below normal levels.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary recorded 2,614 incidents of violent crime in Fenland in the 12 months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.