Total Crime Rate

702.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 702.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 221.6 10/10
  • Public order 124.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 118.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 116.2 10/10
  • Drugs 24.3 10/10
  • Other theft 24.3 10/10
  • Burglary 21.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Princes Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 8th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

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 Princes Street (PR8 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 702.7 per 1,000 residents and was 850.8% higher than the Cambridge average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 129 (≈ 348.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princes Street (PR8 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glebe Place, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Princes Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs West Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Anne Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Part Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Part Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Part Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Talbot Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Talbot Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hodge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Eastbank Street Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yellow House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Waverley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waverley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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