Total Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025York Terrace area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 155th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around York Terrace (CB1 2PR) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around York Terrace (CB1 2PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stone Street, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harvest Way (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ainsworth Court | 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 | Sturton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kerridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Occupation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Occupation Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petworth Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | York Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbey Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvest Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Norfolk Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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