Total Crime Rate

87.7 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 87.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 39.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.0 2/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wellbrook Way area has the 8th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Bar Hill , and the 89th 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 Wellbrook Way (CB3 0FW) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% higher than the Bar Hill average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 125.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellbrook Way (CB3 0FW), the main crime hotspot is near Thornton Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wellbrook Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Thornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wilderspin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilderspin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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