Total Crime Rate
25.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheney Way area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in East Chesterton , and the 62nd lowest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cheney Way (CB4 1UE) in the last 12 months was 25.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% lower than the East Chesterton average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheney Way (CB4 1UE), the main crime hotspot is near Long Reach Road. Police recorded 288 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russet Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Long Reach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Reach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Reach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pippin Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pippin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pippin Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pippin Drive | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pippin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Reach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Long Reach Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jane Brown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mays Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jane Brown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anglers Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moss Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mays Way | Under investigation |
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