Total Crime Rate
101.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wulfstan Way area has the 20th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 128th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wulfstan Way (CB1 8QL) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% higher than the Coleridge average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wulfstan Way (CB1 8QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Emma Place, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Godwin Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gunhild Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Emma Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Emma Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunhild Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunhild Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Emma Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godwin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hulatt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gunhild Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jasmine Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wulfstan Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wulfstan Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wulfstan Way | — |
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