Total Crime Rate

93.4 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 93.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.8 10/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Walton Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Bar Hill , and the 81st 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 Walton Way (CB3 1AX) in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.8% higher than the Bar Hill average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -76.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walton Way (CB3 1AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ryle Yard (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Walton Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ryle Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ruddock Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ryle Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Garrod Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Eddington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ruddock Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ruddock Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Burkitt Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ruddock Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Five Acres Under investigation

Data Sources

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