Total Crime Rate
135.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Rate Walk area has the 17th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 94th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Cambridge .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Rate Walk (CB3 9HJ) in the last 12 months was 135.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.0% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Rate Walk (CB3 9HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Summerfield (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Summerfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Malting Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newnham Road | Under investigation |
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