Total Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brooklands Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 173rd 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 Brooklands Avenue (CB2 8DG) in the last 12 months was 61.2 per 1,000 residents and was 82.6% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brooklands Avenue (CB2 8DG), the main crime hotspot is near Gilpin Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Market| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzwilliam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fitzwilliam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzwilliam Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzwilliam Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henslow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henslow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gilpin 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richard Foster Road | — |
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