Total Crime Rate
44.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lensfield 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.
View Crime In Market| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gonville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Iv Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Iv Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gonville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Panton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Regent Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gonville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gonville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Regent Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A1307 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A1307 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1307 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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