Total Crime Rate

61.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 61.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Claygate Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 174th lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Claygate Road (CB1 9JZ) in the last 12 months was 61.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% lower than the Cherry Hinton average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Claygate Road (CB1 9JZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Claygate Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poppy Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chequers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill End Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Applewood Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Applewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chartfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chartfield Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claygate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kathleen Elliot Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kathleen Elliot Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Elliot Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crowthorne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalfont Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chelwood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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