Total Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Narrow Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Histon & Impington , and the 55th lowest crime rate of 499 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Narrow Lane (CB24 9HD) in the last 12 months was 15.9 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% lower than the Histon & Impington average (80.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Narrow Lane (CB24 9HD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenleas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Symonds Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | School Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | School Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | School Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Narrow Close | — |
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