Total Crime Rate

40.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 40.4 4/10
  • Violent crimes 21.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.6 5/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Long Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 105th lowest crime rate of 395 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 Long Road (CB2 8HE) in the last 12 months was 40.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% lower than the Market average (338.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% 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 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Avenue (10 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 (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Porson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rutherford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitelocks Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hudson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lime Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lime Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lime Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Lime Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Lime Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Northrop Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Northrop Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nine Wells Road —
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Data Sources

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