Total Crime Rate

105.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.8 3/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Brooklands Avenue area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 123rd 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 Brooklands Avenue (CB2 8BB) in the last 12 months was 105.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.0% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooklands Avenue (CB2 8BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 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.

View Crime In Market

Crime Over Time in Brooklands Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Vinter Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fitzwilliam Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fitzwilliam Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Fitzwilliam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fitzwilliam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fitzwilliam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mill Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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 Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vinter Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richard Foster Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Henslow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Henslow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.