Total Crime Rate

102.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 102.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Drugs 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Tenby Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cherry Hinton , and the 127th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tenby Close (CB1 9YG) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 58.6% higher than the Cherry Hinton average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tenby Close (CB1 9YG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wenvoe Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rush Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tenby Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenvoe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wenvoe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teversham Drift Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pen Close
Sep 2025Drugs Poppy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Welstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poppy Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rush Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Queen'S Meadow Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Augers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rush Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bliss Way
Sep 2025Other theft Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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