Total Crime Rate
64.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dunstan Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ely East , and the 80th highest crime rate of 244 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 Dunstan Street (CB6 3AQ) in the last 12 months was 64.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% lower than the Ely East average (139.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunstan Street (CB6 3AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennyson Place (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ely East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walsingham Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beald Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Columbine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Columbine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mayfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Walsingham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Columbine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Fen Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Fen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | West Fen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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