Total Crime Rate

75.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 75.5 7/10
  • Drugs 18.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Hills Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 188th highest 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 Hills Road (CB2 1PG) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hills Road (CB2 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Place, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookgate (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hills Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ravensworth Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Station Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lyndewode Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mill Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mill Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mill Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Northern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fitzwilliam Road
Sep 2025Drugs Henslow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Henslow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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