Total Crime Rate
113.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Robert Jennings Close area has the 28th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 114th 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 Robert Jennings Close (CB4 1YU) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Robert Jennings Close (CB4 1YU), the main crime hotspot is near Ramsden Square. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 19 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stott Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alice Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsden Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkins Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham'S Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stott Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apthorpe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alice Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodhouse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawkins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | George Nuttall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsden Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | John Clarke Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | 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 | Vehicle crime | Alice Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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