Total Crime Rate
18.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kendal Way area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in East Chesterton , and the 43rd lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
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 Kendal Way (CB4 1LS) in the last 12 months was 18.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% lower than the East Chesterton average (140.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 9.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kendal Way (CB4 1LS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 354 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In East Chesterton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shirley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Enniskillen Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Eastfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Eastfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dalton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarsdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Grove | Under investigation |
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