Total Crime Rate

123.8 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 123.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Plantation Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Sawston , and the 42nd 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 Plantation Road (CB22 3JL) in the last 12 months was 123.8 per 1,000 residents and was 221.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plantation Road (CB22 3JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lynton Way, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Webb Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plantation Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Webb Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Henry Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Webb Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lynton Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Webb Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stanley Webb Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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