Crime Rates at Fanshawe Road, Cambridge, CB1 3QY

Fanshawe Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 183rd 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 Fanshawe Road (CB1 3QY) in the last 12 months was 75.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% 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 Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fanshawe Road (CB1 3QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashbury Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rustat Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.