Total Crime Rate
646.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sidney Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 7th highest crime rate of 394 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 Sidney Street (CB2 3HG) in the last 12 months was 646.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% 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 493 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 62.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -64.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 336 (≈ 154.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sidney Street (CB2 3HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Downing Street, where police recorded 445 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (116 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Market| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trinity Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Green Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
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