Total Crime Rate

98.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Gunhild Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 394 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 Gunhild Close (CB1 8RD) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% higher than the Coleridge average (92.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gunhild Close (CB1 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Godwin Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ventress Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gunhild Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunhild Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gunhild Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gunhild Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gunhild Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillyard Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tillyard Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunhild Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ventress Close
Sep 2025Drugs Ventress Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ventress Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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