Total Crime Rate
136.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarendon Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clarendon Street (CB1 1JU) in the last 12 months was 136.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% lower than the Market average (338.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarendon Street (CB1 1JU), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 205 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fair Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fair Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fair Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fair Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fitzroy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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