Total Crime Rate

35.4 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 35.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Churchfield Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Sawston , and the 214th lowest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Churchfield Avenue (CB22 3LA) in the last 12 months was 35.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Churchfield Avenue (CB22 3LA), 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 Churchfield Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapelfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selsingen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Selsingen Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Selsingen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mount Pleasant Under investigation
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Data Sources

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