Total Crime Rate

88.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sleaford Street 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 Sleaford Street (CB1 2PW) 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 Sleaford Street (CB1 2PW), the main crime hotspot is near Stone Street. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sleaford Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazell Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft York Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Matthew'S Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Matthew'S Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazell Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Kerridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazell Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stone Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ainsworth Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hooper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbey Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petworth Street —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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