Total Crime Rate
73.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wycliffe Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 187th highest 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 Wycliffe Road (CB1 3JE) in the last 12 months was 73.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% lower than the Coleridge average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wycliffe Road (CB1 3JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brooks Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wycliffe Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinery Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seymour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coldham'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coldham'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Danesbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brooks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vinery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooks Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vinery Park | Under investigation |
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