Total Crime Rate

151.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 151.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 71.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tenison Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 79th highest crime rate of 395 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 Tenison Road (CB1 2DP) in the last 12 months was 151.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Abbey average (152.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tenison Road (CB1 2DP), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Street. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tenison Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Brookgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tenison Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Covent Garden Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Covent Garden Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Covent Garden Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Covent Garden
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary St Barnabas Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Great Northern Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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