Crime Statistics for Fen Ditton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Fen Ditton in October 2024. There were a total of 181 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 Fen Ditton, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime61
Anti Social Behaviour36
Shoplifting24
Public Order14
Criminal Damage Arson9
Drugs8
Other Theft8
Other Crime6
Possession Of Weapons4
Robbery3
Bicycle Theft3
Vehicle Crime3
Burglary2
All Crime181

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 Fen Ditton. 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 Fen Ditton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cambridge (1.75 miles)706
Coldham’s Common (1.39 miles)445
Milton (1.39 miles)286
Arbury (2.48 miles)216
Fen Ditton181
Cherry Hinton (2.48 miles)132
Teversham (1.39 miles)86
Cam (0.95 miles)68
Horningsea (1.39 miles)8
Stow cum Quy (2.48 miles)3

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Where are the most violent places near Fen Ditton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cambridge147
Coldham’s Common107
Milton106
Arbury72
Fen Ditton61
Cherry Hinton37
Teversham24
Cam20
Horningsea1
Stow cum Quy0

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

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 Fen Ditton 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 Fen Ditton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fen Ditton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Fen Ditton is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1King's Hedges89
2Abbey76
3East Chesterton66
4West Chesterton65
5Petersfield58
6Coleridge56
7Romsey55
8Trumpington44
9Fen Ditton & Fulbourn38
10Cherry Hinton37
11Milton & Waterbeach32

Which road in Fen Ditton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: October 2024
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