Total Crime Rate

206.3 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 206.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.0 9/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.5 9/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Carlyle Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Arbury , and the 52nd 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 Carlyle Road (CB4 3DN) in the last 12 months was 206.3 per 1,000 residents and was 172.9% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 108.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carlyle Road (CB4 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Albert Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croft Holme Lane (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Carlyle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpha Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlyle Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Hilda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpha Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Croft Holme Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garden Walk —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garden Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlyle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Carlyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlyle Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alpha Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ship Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ship Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ship Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ship Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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