Total Crime Rate
120.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mill Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 106th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Road (CB1 2AW) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Abbey average (153.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Road (CB1 2AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Street, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Covent Garden (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Guest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guest Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilkin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wilkin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Angus Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Norfolk Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Collier Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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