Total Crime Rate

102.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 24.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Drugs 15.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ancaster Way 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 Ancaster Way (CB1 3TT) 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 Ancaster Way (CB1 3TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ward Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ancaster Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Gray Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Taunton Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Budleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Birdwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookfields Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Perne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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