Total Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodlands Close area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Bar Hill , and the 119th lowest crime rate of 499 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 Woodlands Close (CB3 0JY) in the last 12 months was 24.2 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Bar Hill average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodlands Close (CB3 0JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bullman Grove, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodlands Park (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Girton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duck End | — |
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