Total Crime Rate

370.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 370.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 49.0 10/10
  • Public order 35.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 21.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 21.0 10/10
  • Drugs 14.0 9/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Other 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

Malcolm Place area has the 8th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 20th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Malcolm Place (CB1 1LS) in the last 12 months was 370.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% higher than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Malcolm Place (CB1 1LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 219 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (113 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Malcolm Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Belmont Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Green Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Green Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Green Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Post Office Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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