Total Crime Rate

217.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.3 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cromwell Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 50th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cromwell Road (CB1 3US) in the last 12 months was 217.2 per 1,000 residents and was 136.2% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromwell Road (CB1 3US), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Henley Road, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winstanley Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cromwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stone Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sedgwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Winstanley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pym Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Pym Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winstanley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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