Total Crime Rate
195.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookfields area has the 12th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 58th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brookfields (CB1 3NZ) in the last 12 months was 195.7 per 1,000 residents and was 149.5% higher than the Coleridge average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookfields (CB1 3NZ), 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 | Brookfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brooks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montreal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montreal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taunton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooks Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montreal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seymour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Budleigh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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