Total Crime Rate

32.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 32.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Long Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 84th 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 Long Road (CB2 8HE) in the last 12 months was 32.4 per 1,000 residents and was 90.8% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Road (CB2 8HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northrop Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Porson Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Long Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutherford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Porson Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodpecker Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rutherford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutherford Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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