Total Crime Rate
105.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brooklands 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Vinter Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzwilliam Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzwilliam Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fitzwilliam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fitzwilliam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fitzwilliam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzwilliam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinter Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richard Foster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henslow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henslow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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