Total Crime Rate
129.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Larkin Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 92nd 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 Larkin Close (CB4 2RF) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Larkin Close (CB4 2RF), 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.
View Crime In Arbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stott Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lavender Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apthorpe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kent Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stott Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodhouse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beales Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackberry Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blackberry Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lavender Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haviland Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Cowell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haviland Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lavender Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawkins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackberry Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alice Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkins Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alice Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | George Nuttall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alice Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham'S Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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