Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Brunswick Walk area has the 24th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Market , and the 130th 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 Brunswick Walk (CB5 8DH) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.6% lower than the Market average (352.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brunswick Walk (CB5 8DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paradise Street, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brunswick Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fair Court
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fair Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Under investigation
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 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fitzroy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salmon Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clarendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Belmont Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pike'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belmont Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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