Total Crime Rate

122.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 8/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Ward Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 105th 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 Ward Road (CB1 3SY) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ward Road (CB1 3SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ward Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Thomas'S Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ward Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Tiverton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tiverton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas'S Square —
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
Sep 2025Other theft Ward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Trevone Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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