A female Wolfson student was assaulted at around midnight on Tuesday at the junction of Sidgwick Avenue and Grange Road.

The attacker was described as a dark-haired male, wearing a leather jacket. Based on the description given, it has been suggested that the same attacker may have assaulted a Robinson student last Thursday morning on Adams Road.

The Senior Tutor at Wolfson College, Dr Jane McLarty said that "neither student was hurt and nothing was stolen" but they "were both very upsetting incidents for the women concerned."

According to a Wolfson College student, "Cambridge was a very safe city overall, but some areas feel really deserted, particularly at night.

"The recent assaults have made me much more wary and vigilant whilst coming home from a night out," she said.

Following the incident, many colleges have sent precautionary emails to their students, urging them to be careful when venturing out late at night.

Dr McLarty advised students to take a "common sense approach" by "keeping to well-lit areas when coming home at night" and trying to "travel with companions if going to and fro, late at night in the Grange Road area."

The assault comes weeks after Varsity conducted an investigation into street safety. The investigation revealed Grange Road as being a higher-risk area for student assaults, with two female students from Homerton being assaulted earlier in the year.