Total Crime Rate

47.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

Foster Way area has the 26th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Caldecote , and the 211th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .

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 Foster Way (CB23 5BP) in the last 12 months was 47.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% higher than the Caldecote average (45.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foster Way (CB23 5BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Friar Way, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenbank (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Foster Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friar Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friar Way —
Sep 2025Public order Millhouse Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foxhollow —
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Data Sources

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