Total Crime Rate
128.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Orchard 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 Orchard Street (CB1 1JT) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Orchard Street (CB1 1JT), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 165 crimes here, including 96 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 | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Paradise 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 | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warkworth Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Warkworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fair Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Belmont Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Belmont Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Belmont Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pike'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pike'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fair Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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