Total Crime Rate

131.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 131.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 6.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Orchard Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Sawston , and the 36th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .

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 Orchard Road (CB22 3BE) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 240.5% higher than the Sawston average (38.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Road (CB22 3BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orchard Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selsingen Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Selsingen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince William Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Selsingen Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapelfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selsingen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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