Total Crime Rate

144.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 144.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.4 10/10
  • Other theft 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

St Marys Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ely East , and the 11th 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 St Marys Street (CB7 4HH) in the last 12 months was 144.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 70.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Marys Street (CB7 4HH), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary'S Street. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Marys Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priests Meadow Court
Sep 2025Burglary Vinces Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Catherine'S Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parade Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priests Meadow Court
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Priests Meadow Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priests Meadow Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime West End Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bernard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Militia Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hills Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cromwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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