Total Crime Rate

37.3 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 37.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.2 3/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Neale Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 96th lowest 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 Neale Close (CB1 3LE) in the last 12 months was 37.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% lower than the Cherry Hinton average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Neale Close (CB1 3LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church End, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reilly Way (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Neale Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teversham Drift Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Queen'S Meadow Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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