Total Crime Rate

120.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 48.1 8/10
  • Public order 24.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lyndewode Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 107th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

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 Lyndewode Road (CB1 2HL) in the last 12 months was 120.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% lower than the Abbey average (153.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -68.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyndewode Road (CB1 2HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Covent Garden (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lyndewode Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mortimer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wilkin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilkin Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Vinter Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinter Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Covent Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Covent Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ravensworth Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Covent Garden Under investigation
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Data Sources

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