Total Crime Rate

186.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 186.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.8 9/10
  • Other theft 26.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Mortlock Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in East Chesterton , and the 61st 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 Mortlock Avenue (CB4 1TD) in the last 12 months was 186.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 101.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortlock Avenue (CB4 1TD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Mortlock Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Discovery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Discovery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuffield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuffield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nuffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nuffield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nuffield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortlock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortlock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maitland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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