Ely West ward · East Cambridgeshire. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 45% here, compared with 35% across East Cambridgeshire (10 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 13.4% here, compared with 16.6% across East Cambridgeshire (3.2 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 12.1% here, compared with 13.3% across East Cambridgeshire (1.2 percentage points lower).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Ely West ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
507 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 494 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Ely West ward · mapped crimes
244363
September 2024August 2026
Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Ely West
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
29
9
October 2024
46
4
November 2024
35
13
December 2024
33
19
January 2025
36
9
February 2025
54
14
March 2025
38
7
April 2025
56
10
May 2025
28
9
June 2025
34
16
July 2025
45
8
August 2025
60
28
September 2025
51
9
October 2025
44
18
November 2025
30
7
December 2025
57
9
January 2026
44
6
February 2026
31
5
March 2026
33
17
April 2026
50
11
May 2026
50
19
June 2026
38
18
July 2026
36
31
August 2026
43
25
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Ely West
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
189
shoplifting
76
criminal damage arson
47
other theft
41
public order
34
burglary
29
other crime
29
vehicle crime
28
drugs
20
possession of weapons
5
bicycle theft
5
robbery
3
theft from the person
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
