Crime Rates at Fishers Lane, Cambridge, CB1 9HW

Fishers Lane 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 Fishers Lane (CB1 9HW) 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 Fishers Lane (CB1 9HW), 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.