Total Crime Rate
75.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stockwell Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 184th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stockwell Street (CB1 3DZ) in the last 12 months was 75.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% lower than the Coleridge average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stockwell Street (CB1 3DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swann'S Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catharine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Catharine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rustat Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Romsey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hope Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rustat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Romsey Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Romsey Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Romsey Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romsey Terrace | Under investigation |
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