Total Crime Rate
600.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
187.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Green Street 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 Green Street (CB2 3JX) 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 Green Street (CB2 3JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 208 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ship Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | — |
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