Total Crime Rate

128.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 24.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.3 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Orchard 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.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warkworth Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Warkworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fair Court
Sep 2025Burglary Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Belmont Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belmont Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Belmont Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pike'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pike'S Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fair Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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