Total Crime Rate
286.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
189.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lord Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 45th 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 Lord Street (PR8 1PR) in the last 12 months was 286.3 per 1,000 residents and was 285.3% higher than the Cambridge average (74.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 189.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lord Street (PR8 1PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (78 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Duke's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coronation Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coronation Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coronation Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coronation Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastbank Street Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastbank Street Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waverley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lord Street | Under investigation |
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