Total Crime Rate

89.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 89.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 10.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.9 3/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Oates Lane area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Downham Villages , and the 46th highest crime rate of 244 local areas in East Cambridgeshire .

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 Oates Lane (CB6 2RG) in the last 12 months was 89.9 per 1,000 residents and was 177.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oates Lane (CB6 2RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ely Road, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windmill Lane (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oates Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ely Road —
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Data Sources

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