Total Crime Rate

66.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 66.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.0 7/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lichfield Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 190th 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 Lichfield Road (CB1 3SP) in the last 12 months was 66.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lichfield Road (CB1 3SP), the main crime hotspot is near Ashbury Close. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lichfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Radegund Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sterne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sterne Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashbury Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Golding Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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