Total Crime Rate
348.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
244.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Johnson Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 34th 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 Johnson Street (PR9 0BQ) in the last 12 months was 348.0 per 1,000 residents and was 368.3% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 244.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Johnson Street (PR9 0BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (46 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 | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Post Office Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bath Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Booth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Booth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Booth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leicester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St George'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanley 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 | — |
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