Total Crime Rate

181.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 181.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.7 9/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Augustus Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 62nd 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 Augustus Close (CB4 2UD) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 140.5% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 98.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Augustus Close (CB4 2UD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Augustus Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marmalade Lane —
Sep 2025Other theft Neptune Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marmalade Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jedburgh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jedburgh Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buchan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pagram Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Flack End Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flack End —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neptune Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hercules Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hercules Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aragon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hercules Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marmalade Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hercules Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marmalade Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hercules Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hercules Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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