Total Crime Rate
394.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nevill 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 Nevill Street (PR9 0BX) 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 Nevill Street (PR9 0BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glebe Place, where police recorded 173 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoghton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bath Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lord Street | Under investigation |
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