Total Crime Rate

126.9 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 126.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.7 10/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Riverside Place area has the 25th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 96th 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 Riverside Place (CB5 8JF) in the last 12 months was 126.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riverside Place (CB5 8JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 79 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.

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Crime Over Time in Riverside Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Henley Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheddars Lane —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Henley Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henley Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowlinson Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godesdone Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvest Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Place —
Sep 2025Other theft St Bartholomew'S Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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