Total Crime Rate
272.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Pauls Walk area has the 9th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 35th 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 St Pauls Walk (CB1 2EX) in the last 12 months was 272.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 100.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Pauls Walk (CB1 2EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gonville Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Iv Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bateman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gonville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mortimer Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1307 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Anne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1307 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Pateman Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gresham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lyndewode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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