Total Crime Rate
394.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lord Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 28th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lord Street (PR9 0AQ) in the last 12 months was 394.7 per 1,000 residents and was 431.2% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -58.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 195.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lord Street (PR9 0AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Glebe Place. Police recorded 173 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Duke's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seabank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Booth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Booth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Booth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southport | Local resolution |
| 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 | Drugs | Albert Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southport | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | London Square | Under investigation |
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