Crime Rates at Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8PB

Newmarket Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 170th 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 Newmarket Road (CB5 8PB) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% lower than the Abbey average (153.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newmarket Road (CB5 8PB), the main crime hotspot is near Nursery Close. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.