Total Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tamarin Gardens area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Fen Ditton & Fulbourn , and the 16th lowest crime rate of 499 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .
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 Tamarin Gardens (CB1 9GH) in the last 12 months was 6.6 per 1,000 residents and was 93.0% lower than the Fen Ditton & Fulbourn average (93.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tamarin Gardens (CB1 9GH), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 71 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rush Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Loris Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sable Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lemur Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rush Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rush Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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