Crime Rates at Hampden Gardens, Cambridge, CB1 3EL

Hampden Gardens area has the 35th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 194th 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 Hampden Gardens (CB1 3EL) in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hampden Gardens (CB1 3EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Henley Road, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winstanley Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.