Total Crime Rate

44.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 44.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lensfield Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 119th lowest crime rate of 394 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 Lensfield Road (CB2 1EG) in the last 12 months was 44.0 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lensfield Road (CB2 1EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lensfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gonville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Iv Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Iv Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gonville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Panton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Regent Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Regent Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Regent Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Regent Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gonville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gonville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Regent Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A1307
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A1307 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1307 Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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