Total Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Brewery Close area has the 28th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ely East , and the 97th 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 Old Brewery Close (CB7 4QE) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% lower than the Ely East average (133.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Brewery Close (CB7 4QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Waterside | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Vineyards | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newnham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newnham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newnham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newnham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newnham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newnham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newnham Street | — |
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