Total Crime Rate

113.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 21.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Soham North , and the 23rd 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 High Street (CB7 5HD) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 118.7% higher than the Soham North average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -51.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CB7 5HD), the main crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sand Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sand Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Hall Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery College Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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