Total Crime Rate

112.2 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 112.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Keates Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 115th 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 Keates Road (CB1 9ER) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.6% higher than the Cherry Hinton average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keates Road (CB1 9ER), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Keates Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leete Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drayton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drayton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poppy Close
Sep 2025Burglary Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keates Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limedale Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Headington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Headington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Headington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wenvoe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenvoe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lucerne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pen Close
Sep 2025Burglary Augers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Welstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leete Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leete Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drayton Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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