Total Crime Rate

8.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

0.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 8.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Violent crimes 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Hobson Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Trumpington , and the 16th lowest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hobson Avenue (CB2 9BE) in the last 12 months was 8.9 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% lower than the Trumpington average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

In the area around Hobson Avenue (CB2 9BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hobson Square, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fowler Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hobson Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hobson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hobson Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ellis Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (South) Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hobson Square Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hartree Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hobson Square —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hobson Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hobson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hobson Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hobson Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hobson Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pinnington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hobson Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hobson Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaplen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Austin Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dobson Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whittington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hobson Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hobson Square —
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Data Sources

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