Total Crime Rate
1122.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
557.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Promenade area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Promenade (PR8 1QU) in the last 12 months was 1122.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1410.2% 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 206 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 278 (≈ 557.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Promenade (PR8 1QU), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cable Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulme Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hulme Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waverley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waverley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Royal Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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