Total Crime Rate

218.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 218.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.5 9/10
  • Public order 29.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 21.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.8 10/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Willow Walk area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ely East , and the 5th highest crime rate of 244 local areas in East Cambridgeshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Walk (CB7 4AT) in the last 12 months was 218.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 94.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Walk (CB7 4AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fore Hill (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willow Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fore Hill —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Martins Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Quayside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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