Total Crime Rate
11.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spitfire Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Caldecote , and the 34th lowest crime rate of 499 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 Spitfire Road (CB23 6FL) in the last 12 months was 11.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower than the Caldecote average (42.2 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spitfire Road (CB23 6FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lysander Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hudson Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halifax Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mosquito Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vickers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vickers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vickers Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vickers Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vickers Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spitfire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Handley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurricane Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sterling Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lysander Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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