Total Crime Rate
183.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Green area has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in East Chesterton , and the 64th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Green (CB4 1RP) in the last 12 months was 183.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.4% higher than the East Chesterton average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Green (CB4 1RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pippin Drive, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mortlock Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nuffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anglers Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherbourne Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fallowfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fallowfield | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cam Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cam Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jane Brown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jane Brown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortlock Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sherbourne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mortlock Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mays Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mays Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mays Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | The Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sherbourne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fallowfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nuffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pippin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pippin Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russet Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pippin Drive | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Enniskillen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pippin Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enniskillen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kendal Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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