South Cambridgeshire crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of South Cambridgeshire crime rate

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Sporting a low crime rating, South Cambridgeshire is positioned 24th in crime rate among 25 neighbouring districts, noting 9,299 incidents in 2023. With a population of 162,119, the district sees a crime rate of 57.36 incidents per 1,000 residents, indicating a 2.28% increase from the prior year.

Leading crime types in South Cambridgeshire are Violence and sexual offences (33.0%), Anti-social behaviour (14.4%), Other theft (9.9%), with rare occurrences of Possession of weapons (0.6%), Robbery (0.4%), Theft from the person (0.4%).

The district encompasses 26 wards, with Milton & Waterbeach (92.6), Swavesey (86.2), Bar Hill (79.5) showing higher crime rates. The safer wards include Shelford (35.0), Barrington (31.9), Balsham (29.5).

Postcode districts within or overlapping South Cambridgeshire reveal CB2 (119.9), PE28 (106.8), CB23 (105.4) as having higher crime rates, while CB10 (53.4), SG8 (53.2), CB3 (23.7) are among the safest.

In South Cambridgeshire, there has been a noticeable trend in crime rates over the recent years. The types of crime that have seen an increase include Other theft with a rate change of 1.65 in 2022, and Violence and sexual offences with a rate change of 1.93 in 2020 and 1.72 in 2021. Conversely, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour, which saw a rate change of -2.27 in 2022.

South Cambridgeshire crime incidents by crime type

A total of 9299 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 3067 (33.0)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1337 (14.4)%
Other theft – 925 (9.9)%
Criminal damage and arson – 835 (9.0)%
Vehicle crime – 826 (8.9)%
Public order – 775 (8.3)%
Burglary – 581 (6.2)%
Shoplifting – 256 (2.8)%
Bicycle theft – 246 (2.6)%
Other crime – 207 (2.2)%
Drugs – 116 (1.2)%
Possession of weapons – 53 (0.6)%
Robbery – 41 (0.4)%
Theft from the person – 34 (0.4)%

How does South Cambridgeshire compare against nearby areas ?

South Cambridgeshire ranks 24th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

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Crime rates in South Cambridgeshire wards

There are 26 wards within South Cambridgeshire. Milton & Waterbeach, Swavesey, Bar Hill has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 26 wards from high crime rate to low.