Total Crime Rate
529.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitehill Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 13th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitehill Close (CB5 8NE) in the last 12 months was 529.1 per 1,000 residents and was 245.4% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -26.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 242.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehill Close (CB5 8NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitehill Close, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Galfrid Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rayson Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarket Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rayson Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanesfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rayson Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galfrid Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pool Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarket Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rayson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rayson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rayson Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elfleda Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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