Total Crime Rate

85.2 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 85.2 7/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.6 10/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • 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
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

Pretoria Road area has the 49th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 164th 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 Pretoria Road (CB4 1HE) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Arbury average (75.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pretoria Road (CB4 1HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trafalgar Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pretoria Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order A1303 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trafalgar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A1303 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chesterton Road —

Data Sources

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