Crime Rates at Bentinck Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 1HQ

Bentinck Terrace area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 11th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bentinck Terrace (CB2 1HQ) in the last 12 months was 536.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% higher than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 123.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bentinck Terrace (CB2 1HQ), 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 (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.