Total Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bateman Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 395 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 Bateman Street (CB2 1NB) in the last 12 months was 13.8 per 1,000 residents and was 95.9% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bateman Street (CB2 1NB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bateman Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Iv Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1307 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1307 | — |
| 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 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Paul'S Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | Russell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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