Crime Statistics for Arbury, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Arbury in September 2024. There were a total of 266 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Arbury, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	71
Shoplifting	43
Anti Social Behaviour	29
Vehicle Crime	25
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Burglary	16
Other Theft	15
Bicycle Theft	14
Public Order	14
Other Crime	8
Theft From The Person	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	2
Drugs	2
All Crime	266

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Arbury. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Arbury

We've taken the ten nearest places to Arbury and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Arbury has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Cambridge (1.75 miles)	681
Coldham’s Common (2.24 miles)	390
Arbury	266
Fen Ditton (2.48 miles)	172
Milton (2.24 miles)	141
Impington (1.86 miles)	119
Histon (1.96 miles)	99
Newnham (1.86 miles)	91
Cam (2.82 miles)	46
High Cross (1.39 miles)	24

Where are the most violent places near Arbury?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Arbury and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Cambridge	164
Coldham’s Common	150
Arbury	71
Fen Ditton	48
Milton	35
Impington	29
Histon	29
Newnham	16
Cam	10
High Cross	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Arbury?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Arbury to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Arbury compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Arbury and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Arbury is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	King's Hedges	89
2	Arbury	78
3	Market	78
4	Abbey	76
5	West Chesterton	65
6	Petersfield	58
7	Romsey	55
8	Trumpington	44
9	Girton	27
10	Castle	27
11	Newnham	23

Which road in Arbury has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Arbury with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Warwick Road.