Total Crime Rate

82.3 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 82.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ekin Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 170th 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 Ekin Road (CB5 8PS) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ekin Road (CB5 8PS), the main crime hotspot is near Nursery Close. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ekin Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Latimer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peverel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keynes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nursery Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nursery Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nursery Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peverel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B1047 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B1047 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B1047 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadloes Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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