Total Crime Rate

25.6 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 25.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Foster Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Trumpington , and the 64th 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 Foster Road (CB2 9JP) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% lower than the Trumpington average (72.1 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foster Road (CB2 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hobson Square, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chaplen Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Foster Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hobson Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Henty Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fowler Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hering Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hawkey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foster Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foster Road
Sep 2025Other theft Hartree Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Monkswell Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paget Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hobson Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Woodpecker Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hobson Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hobson Square Under investigation

Data Sources

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