Total Crime Rate

78.2 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 78.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Taunton Close area has the 29th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 179th highest 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 Taunton Close (CB1 3UL) in the last 12 months was 78.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Taunton Close (CB1 3UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brookfields, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Britten Place (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Taunton Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 2025Burglary Trevone Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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