Total Crime Rate

64.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.6 6/10
  • Violent crimes 23.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Downham Villages , and the 88th highest crime rate of 245 local areas in East Cambridgeshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CB6 2RA) in the last 12 months was 64.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% higher than the Downham Villages average (38.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CB6 2RA), the main crime hotspot is near Saffron Piece. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vermuyden Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saffron Piece Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order The Orchards Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brookside —
Apr 2026Other crime Saffron Piece Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Andrews Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saffron Piece Offender given a caution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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