Total Crime Rate

86.6 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 86.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 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
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

Hawkins Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 161st 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 Hawkins Road (CB4 2QX) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawkins Road (CB4 2QX), 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 Hawkins Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawkins Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campkin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nuns Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nuns Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Nuns Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nuns Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuns Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuns Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuns Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuns Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackberry Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Blackberry Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackberry Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lavender Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lavender Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lavender Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowland Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowland Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kent Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Campkin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Campkin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campkin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peter Cowell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Alice Bell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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