Total Crime Rate
970.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Milton Road area has the highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Milton Road (CB4 1SU) in the last 12 months was 970.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1184.0% higher than the Arbury average (75.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 280 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 128.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 534.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milton Road (CB4 1SU), 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 Arbury| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherbourne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherbourne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherbourne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsden Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ramsden Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gainsborough Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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