Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Stanley Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Histon & Impington , and the 49th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .

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 Stanley Avenue (CB4 2EL) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% higher than the Histon & Impington average (72.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanley Avenue (CB4 2EL), the main crime hotspot is near Unwin Square. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Stanley Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sweetpea Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spindle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spindle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unwin Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buchan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Unwin Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Unwin Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jedburgh Close
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jedburgh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sweetpea Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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