Total Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairfax Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 57th lowest crime rate of 395 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 3BD) in the last 12 months was 24.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.7% lower than the Coleridge average (78.4 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfax Road (CB1 3BD), the main crime hotspot is near Winstanley Court. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cavendish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Catharine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catharine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vinery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinery Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Romsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vineyard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vineyard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Philips Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstanley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstanley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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