Total Crime Rate

131.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 38.2 8/10
  • Public order 24.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cambridge Crescent area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Totteridge and Bowerdean , and the 160th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cambridge Crescent (HP13 7NE) in the last 12 months was 131.9 per 1,000 residents and was 131.5% higher than the Totteridge and Bowerdean average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Crescent (HP13 7NE), the main crime hotspot is near Hillary Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Linchfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Linchfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uplands Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Birches Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Crescent —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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