Total Crime Rate
115.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lime Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Trumpington , and the 114th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Avenue (CB2 9DE) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.9% higher than the Trumpington average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lime Avenue (CB2 9DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hering Road, where police recorded 22 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.
View Crime In Trumpington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rutherford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hering Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northrop Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northrop Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nine Wells Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hering Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelocks Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hudson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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