Total Crime Rate
137.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Augers Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 91st highest crime rate of 395 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 Augers Road (CB1 9EL) in the last 12 months was 137.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% higher than the Cherry Hinton average (76.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Augers Road (CB1 9EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drayton Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keates Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Welstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drayton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drayton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leete Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Headington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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