Total Crime Rate

236.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 236.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.2 9/10
  • Other theft 37.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.8 10/10
  • Burglary 21.7 10/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Akeman Street area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Milton & Waterbeach , and the 11th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Akeman Street (CB25 9FQ) in the last 12 months was 236.0 per 1,000 residents and was 176.2% higher than the Milton & Waterbeach average (85.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Akeman Street area

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Data Sources

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