Total Crime Rate
320.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St 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.
View Crime In Market| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A1307 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilkin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wilkin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Iv Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Iv Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gonville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gonville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gonville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gonville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Pateman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lyndewode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Pateman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Pateman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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