Total Crime Rate
171.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eccleston Place area has the 19th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 65th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eccleston Place (CB1 2FZ) in the last 12 months was 171.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher than the Abbey average (153.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 80.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eccleston Place (CB1 2FZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Place, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookgate (25 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 | Lyndewode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilkin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wilkin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Station Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ravensworth Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Pateman Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Pateman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Pateman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Pateman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
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