Total Crime Rate

56.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.6 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Urwin Gardens area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Coleridge , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Urwin Gardens (CB2 0AP) in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% lower than the Coleridge average (92.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 14.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Urwin Gardens (CB2 0AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stansgate Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Urwin Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Greenlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansgate Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenlands —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansgate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansgate Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stansgate Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
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Data Sources

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