Total Crime Rate

116.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kings Hedges Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 110th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Hedges Road (CB4 2PL) in the last 12 months was 116.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 74.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Hedges Road (CB4 2PL), the main crime hotspot is near Lavender Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Hedges Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garry Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lavender Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackberry Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Hedges Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodhouse Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beales Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiles Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackberry Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lavender Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Blackberry Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Apthorpe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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