Total Crime Rate

46.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Tower Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Downham Villages , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 244 local areas in East Cambridgeshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Road (CB6 2QA) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% higher than the Downham Villages average (32.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Road (CB6 2QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Andrews Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookside (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrews Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Andrews Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Orchards Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Orchards Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Road —
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Data Sources

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