Total Crime Rate
61.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Conway Close 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 Conway Close (CB1 9LY) 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 Conway Close (CB1 9LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill End Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cherry Hinton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chequers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalfont Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claygate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chartfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chartfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill End Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chelwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crowthorne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Railway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kathleen Elliot Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kathleen Elliot Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kathleen Elliot Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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