Total Crime Rate
165.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regency Square area has the 13th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Coleridge , and the 68th 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 Regency Square (CB1 3WL) in the last 12 months was 165.6 per 1,000 residents and was 111.1% higher than the Coleridge average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regency Square (CB1 3WL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (32 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 | Clifton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rustat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clifton Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rustat Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rustat Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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