Total Crime Rate

92.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Kings Hedges Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 147th 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 2QD) in the last 12 months was 92.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Hedges Road (CB4 2QD), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lavender Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garry Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lavender Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ramsden Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsden Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsden Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodhouse Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsden Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsden Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Ramsden Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Apthorpe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lovell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stott Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stott Gardens
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lovell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lovell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiles Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Beales Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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