Crime Rates at Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TB

Birdwood Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 126th highest crime rate of 395 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 3TB) in the last 12 months was 102.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% higher than the Coleridge average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birdwood Road (CB1 3TB), the main crime hotspot is near Ward Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.