Total Crime Rate

153.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 153.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 43.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Perne Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 73rd 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 Perne Road (CB1 3RT) in the last 12 months was 153.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% higher than the Coleridge average (92.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -94.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 332.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Perne Road (CB1 3RT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 235 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Perne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Hinton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lilac Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lilac Court —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Langham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Perne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Perne Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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