Crime Rates at Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LE

Norfolk Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 134th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Street (CB1 2LE) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% lower than the Abbey average (153.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Street (CB1 2LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.