Total Crime Rate

151.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 151.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 71.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eccleston Place area has the 19th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 79th highest crime rate of 395 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 151.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Abbey average (152.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eccleston Place (CB1 2FZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Great Northern Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Eccleston Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tenison Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Station Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour George Pateman Court
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Park Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ravensworth Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Vinter Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Great Northern Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Great Northern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Great Northern Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Great Northern Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Great Northern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ravensworth Gardens
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Warren Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St Paul'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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