Crime Rates at Ellesmere Road, Cambridge, CB4 2HP

Ellesmere Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 125th highest crime rate of 394 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 Ellesmere Road (CB4 2HP) in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -29.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ellesmere Road (CB4 2HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roxburgh Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.