Cherry Hinton
Middle areaSouth east Cambridge. 9,442 people in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Cherry Hinton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Cherry Hinton
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cherry Hinton at a rate of 76.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 110.7 per 1,000 people across Cambridge.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 282 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 124 |
| Other crime | 115 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 54 |
| Drug offences | 50 |
| Burglary | 37 |
| Shoplifting | 27 |
| Vehicle crime | 22 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Cherry Hinton compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cherry Hinton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cherry Hinton at a rate of 76.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 110.7 per 1,000 people across Cambridge.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cherry Hinton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (282), anti-social behaviour (124) and other crime (115).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Cambridge
These figures are published for the whole of Cambridge, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Cambridge and not Cherry Hinton alone. See Cambridge
Cherry Hinton in brief
The median price paid for a home in Cherry Hinton was £450,000 in 2025.
Cherry Hinton had 9,343 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Cherry Hinton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cherry Hinton, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.