Total Crime Rate

105.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 63.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

West View area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 124th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

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 West View (CB3 9JB) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.1% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West View (CB3 9JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grantchester Meadows (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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