Total Crime Rate
32.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paget Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Trumpington , and the 83rd lowest crime rate of 395 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 Paget Close (CB2 9JQ) in the last 12 months was 32.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paget Close (CB2 9JQ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hering Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hering Road | 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 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hobson Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkswell | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkswell | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Monkswell | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monkswell | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobson Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monkswell | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paget Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henty Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henty Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nine Wells Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobson Square | — |
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