Total Crime Rate

320.4 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 320.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 56.3 10/10
  • Other theft 28.2 10/10
  • Public order 28.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.6 9/10
  • Drugs 14.1 9/10
  • Robbery 14.1 10/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St Pauls Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 26th 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 St Pauls Road (CB1 2EZ) in the last 12 months was 320.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% lower 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 137.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Pauls Road (CB1 2EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Pauls Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A1307 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilkin Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wilkin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Iv Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Iv Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Gonville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gonville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gonville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gonville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Covent Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Covent Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Covent Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Covent Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lyndewode Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Pateman Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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