Total Crime Rate
803.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stone Street area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 5th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stone Street (CB1 2PL) in the last 12 months was 803.0 per 1,000 residents and was 424.1% higher than the Abbey average (153.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 232.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stone Street (CB1 2PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stone Street, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winstanley Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wetenhall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kerridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstanley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbey Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ainsworth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sedgwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sedgwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sedgwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Winstanley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | York Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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