Total Crime Rate

114.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 114.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.6 8/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rustat Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 112th highest crime rate of 394 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 Rustat Avenue (CB1 3PG) in the last 12 months was 114.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% higher than the Coleridge average (92.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rustat Avenue (CB1 3PG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rustat Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rustat Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rustat Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corrie Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Angus Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Davy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Flamsteed Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Station Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fanshawe Road Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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