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Crime in CB6 2EQ
How much crime is recorded in CB6 2EQ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Little Downham & Sutton
- Council
- East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,707 (2024)
CB6 2EQEly
How safe is CB6 2EQ
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CB6 2EQ area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CB6 2EQNational
Burglary16.79.1
Violence and sexual offences11.023.6
Anti-social behaviour6.210.7
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Other theft2.34.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Public order0.84.6
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Drugs0.42.4
Shoplifting0.18.4
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 22% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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5
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.