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South Cambridgeshire crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 10,184 street-crime records for the South Cambridgeshire council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 14.8% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 62.8 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 95.7 for Cambridgeshire Constabulary. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area South Cambridgeshire council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call South Cambridgeshire: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
10,184
Latest month (August 2026)
922
Year-on-year
+14.8%
Month-by-month totals
9630
841
Sep
807
Oct
837
Nov
740
Dec
748
Jan
810
Feb
804
Mar
847
Apr
925
May
940
Jun
963
Jul
922
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
841
October 2025
807
November 2025
837
December 2025
740
January 2026
748
February 2026
810
March 2026
804
April 2026
847
May 2026
925
June 2026
940
July 2026
963
August 2026
922
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
South Cambridgeshire council area
62.8
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
95.7
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
10,184 records and 162,261 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the South Cambridgeshire council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences34.2%
3,480 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour19.4%
1,977 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Criminal damage and arson9.3%
948 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Other theft6.8%
694 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Vehicle crime5.9%
602 records · England and Wales 5.1%
Burglary5.3%
536 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Public order5.0%
511 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Shoplifting4.7%
482 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Where records cluster in the South Cambridgeshire council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E07000012), which can differ from the place people call South Cambridgeshire.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for South Cambridgeshire. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.