Crime Statistics for Coldham’s Common, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Coldham’s Common in October 2024. There were a total of 445 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Coldham’s Common, 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	107
Anti Social Behaviour	69
Shoplifting	68
Other Theft	42
Public Order	36
Bicycle Theft	34
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Drugs	14
Burglary	13
Other Crime	10
Robbery	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	7
Theft From The Person	6
All Crime	445

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Coldham’s Common. 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 Coldham’s Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cambridge (0.62 miles)	706
Coldham’s Common	445
Milton (2.48 miles)	286
Arbury (2.24 miles)	216
Newnham (1.96 miles)	201
Fen Ditton (1.39 miles)	181
Cherry Hinton (1.39 miles)	132
Teversham (1.24 miles)	86
Cam (2.32 miles)	68
Fulbourn (2.77 miles)	18

Where are the most violent places near Coldham’s Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cambridge	147
Coldham’s Common	107
Milton	106
Arbury	72
Fen Ditton	61
Cherry Hinton	37
Newnham	29
Teversham	24
Cam	20
Fulbourn	11

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Coldham’s Common?

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 Coldham’s Common 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 Coldham’s Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Coldham’s Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Coldham’s Common is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Market	78
2	Abbey	76
3	Petersfield	58
4	Coleridge	56
5	Romsey	55
6	Trumpington	44
7	Fen Ditton & Fulbourn	38
8	Cherry Hinton	37
9	Queen Edith's	28
10	Castle	27
11	Newnham	23

Which road in Coldham’s Common has the highest level of crime?

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