Total Crime Rate

22.3 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 22.3 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.2 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fairfax Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 54th lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfax Road (CB1 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 22.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.7% lower than the Coleridge average (92.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairfax Road (CB1 3AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Vineyard Place. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fairfax Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stourbridge Grove —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vinery Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wetenhall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Vinery Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinery Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winstanley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vineyard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vineyard Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vineyard Place —
Sep 2025Public order Winstanley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sedgwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinery Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cavendish Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thoday Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pym Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pym Court Local resolution
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Data Sources

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