Total Crime Rate
356.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Saunders Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 32nd 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 Saunders Street (PR9 0HL) in the last 12 months was 356.3 per 1,000 residents and was 379.5% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 157.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Saunders Street (PR9 0HL), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lathom Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lathom Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lathom Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Booth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Booth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Booth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seabank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Johnson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Irving Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lathom Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leicester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lathom Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lathom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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