Total Crime Rate

57.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.5 5/10
  • Public order 23.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Porson Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 158th lowest crime rate of 394 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 Porson Road (CB2 8ET) in the last 12 months was 57.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.7% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porson Road (CB2 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northrop Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Porson Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Market

Crime Over Time in Porson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutherford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutherford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Porson Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Rutherford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 5 of 5

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑