Total Crime Rate

108.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.6 8/10
  • Other theft 23.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.6 5/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cherry Hinton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 121st 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 Cherry Hinton Road (CB1 8ED) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% higher than the Cherry Hinton average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cherry Hinton Road (CB1 8ED), the main crime hotspot is near Ventress Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cherry Hinton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystoke Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bosworth Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillyard Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tillyard Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ventress Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ventress Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ventress Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas'S Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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