Crime Rates at Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1DB

Regent Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 12th 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 Regent Street (CB2 1DB) in the last 12 months was 542.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% higher than the Market average (338.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 147 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 36.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -17.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 190 (≈ 241.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Street (CB2 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Downing Street, where police recorded 369 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (146 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.