Total Crime Rate
128.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Earl Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Earl Street (CB1 1JR) in the last 12 months was 128.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earl Street (CB1 1JR), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 111 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Market| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Gardens | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fair Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warkworth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Warkworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Clarendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummer Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Drummer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Drummer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Drummer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummer Street Bus Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Drummer Street Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Drummer Street Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salmon Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fair Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Fair Court | Awaiting court outcome |
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