Total Crime Rate
95.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Caldecote , and the 78th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (CB3 8LD) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 111.0% higher than the Caldecote average (45.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode CB3 8LD, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glebe Lane, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Playsteds Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Caldecote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flitmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Playsteds Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Playsteds Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Glebe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squire Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squire Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glebe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glebe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glebe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Way | — |
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