Total Crime Rate
65.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Butt Lane area has the 24th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Fen Ditton & Fulbourn , and the 141st 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 Butt Lane (CB24 6DG) in the last 12 months was 65.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% lower than the Fen Ditton & Fulbourn average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Butt Lane (CB24 6DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coulson Close, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edmund Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fen Ditton & Fulbourn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Walkling Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coulson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Rowans | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Recreation Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coulson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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