Total Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crossways area has the 6th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Balsham , and the 201st highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crossways (CB21 4NQ) in the last 12 months was 50.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% higher than the Balsham average (30.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crossways (CB21 4NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Balsham Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kinsey Place (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balsham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lonsdale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bakers Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinsey Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Keene Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Keene Fields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kinsey Place | Under investigation |
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