Total Crime Rate

81.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Forge End area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Swavesey , and the 99th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forge End (CB24 3DU) in the last 12 months was 81.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher than the Swavesey average (79.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forge End (CB24 3DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kettles Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coles Lane (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forge End area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Kettles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kettles Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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