Total Crime Rate

93.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 93.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Other 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.
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Crime overview

Maids Causeway area has the 26th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 146th highest crime rate of 394 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 Maids Causeway (CB5 8DD) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -65.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maids Causeway (CB5 8DD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Maids Causeway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clarendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fair Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fair Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fitzroy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salmon Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fair Court —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fair Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Burleigh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
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Data Sources

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