Total Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Caldecote , and the 240th 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 High Street (CB23 6GX) in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% higher 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CB23 6GX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broad Street, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flitmead (11 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 | Priory Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Smithy Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Squire Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Priory Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jeavons Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Flitmead | Under investigation |
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