Total Crime Rate
150.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Minerva Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Histon & Impington , and the 28th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in South Cambridgeshire .
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 Minerva Way (CB4 2UA) in the last 12 months was 150.3 per 1,000 residents and was 106.1% higher than the Histon & Impington average (72.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Minerva Way (CB4 2UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marmalade Lane, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hercules Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Histon & Impington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pagram Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hercules Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marmalade Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marmalade Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynford Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bayford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hercules Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hercules Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hercules Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hercules Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marmalade Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wynford Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Flack End | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flack End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Neptune Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neptune Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Basset Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aragon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marmalade Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hercules Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bayford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cameron Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arden Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cameron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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