Total Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fowler Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Trumpington , and the 162nd 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 Fowler Avenue (CB2 9EL) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fowler Avenue (CB2 9EL), 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.
View Crime In Trumpington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobson Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobson Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henty Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobson Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobson Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobson Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paget Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Avenue | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pinnington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henty Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dobson Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hering Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (South) | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hering Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hartree Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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