Total Crime Rate
158.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langdale Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 73rd 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 Langdale Close (CB1 9LP) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 105.7% higher than the Cherry Hinton average (76.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langdale Close (CB1 9LP), the main crime hotspot is near Shepherd'S Close. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 10 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teversham Drift | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Welstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelsey Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelsey Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Close | Under investigation |
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