Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hanover 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.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Eligius Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1307 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1307 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Iv Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bateman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gresham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gonville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Regent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Regent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Court | — |
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