Total Crime Rate
192.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leete Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 59th 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 Leete Road (CB1 9HB) in the last 12 months was 192.0 per 1,000 residents and was 149.8% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 124.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leete Road (CB1 9HB), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drayton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drayton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Headington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gladstone Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leete Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chequers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chequers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tweedale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headington Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keates Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bridewell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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