Total Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 36.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 24.2 10/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hanover Court area has the 25th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 161st highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hanover Court (CB2 1JH) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanover Court (CB2 1JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gonville Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hanover Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Eligius Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gresham Place
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St Paul'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St Paul'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A1307
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A1307 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Iv Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bateman Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harvey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Gresham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gonville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Paul'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gonville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gonville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gonville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gonville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Paul'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gonville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Regent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Claremont Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Regent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gresham Road
Apr 2026Burglary Regent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Russell Court

Data Sources

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