Total Crime Rate

44.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 44.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Bosworth Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 120th lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bosworth Road (CB1 8RG) in the last 12 months was 44.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% lower 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bosworth Road (CB1 8RG), 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 Bosworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ventress Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystoke Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystoke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bosworth Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas'S Square
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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