Total Crime Rate

48.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 48.9 5/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Promenade area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 455th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Promenade (PR9 0DY) in the last 12 months was 48.9 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% lower than the Cambridge average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Promenade (PR9 0DY), the main crime hotspot is near Nevill Street. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Promenade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Seabank Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cable Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cable Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cable Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cable Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order London Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albert Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cable Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cable Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cable Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Square Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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