Total Crime Rate
600.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
187.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jordans Yard area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 9th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Jordans Yard (CB2 1UG) in the last 12 months was 600.3 per 1,000 residents and was 77.5% higher 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 198 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 8 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 264 (≈ 187.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jordans Yard (CB2 1UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Hill, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sidney Street (90 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hobson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gifford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gifford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gifford Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St John'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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