Total Crime Rate

81.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.2 9/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Birdwood Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birdwood Road (CB1 3ST) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birdwood Road (CB1 3ST), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 196 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birdwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Tiverton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tiverton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teynham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teynham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other theft Ward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Trevone Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Thomas'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Thomas'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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