Crime Rates at Vawser Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AR

Vawser Way area has the highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 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 Vawser Way (CB2 0AR) in the last 12 months was 1496.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1808.0% higher than the Coleridge average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 123 (≈ 836.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vawser Way (CB2 0AR), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.