Postcode sector · Cambridge
Crime in CB23 5
How much crime is recorded in CB23 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Population
- 12,907 (2024)
How safe is CB23 5
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in CB23 5, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CB23 5National
Violence and sexual offences15.823.6
Burglary8.99.1
Anti-social behaviour5.810.7
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Other theft2.64.5
Shoplifting2.08.4
Public order1.84.6
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other crime1.31.5
Drugs1.22.4
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Theft from the person0.82.1
Robbery0.41.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 14% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- CB23 5AB
- CB23 5AD
- CB23 5AE
- CB23 5AF
- CB23 5AP
- CB23 5AR
- CB23 5AS
- CB23 5AT
- CB23 5AU
- CB23 5AW
- CB23 5AX
- CB23 5BH
- CB23 5BL
- CB23 5BN
- CB23 5BP
- CB23 5BQ
- CB23 5DG
- CB23 5DJ
- CB23 5DQ
- CB23 5DR
- CB23 5DT
- CB23 5DU
- CB23 5DX
- CB23 5DY
- CB23 5DZ
- CB23 5EB
- CB23 5ED
- CB23 5EE
- CB23 5EF
- CB23 5EG
- CB23 5EH
- CB23 5EJ
- CB23 5EN
- CB23 5EP
- CB23 5EQ
- CB23 5FA
- CB23 5FJ
- CB23 5FL
- CB23 5FN
- CB23 5FP
- CB23 5FR
- CB23 5FS
- CB23 5FW
- CB23 5FX
- CB23 5HS
- CB23 5HT
- CB23 5HU
- CB23 5HW