Total Crime Rate
230.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lord Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 67th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lord Street (PR9 0QG) in the last 12 months was 230.5 per 1,000 residents and was 211.9% higher than the Cambridge average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lord Street (PR9 0QG), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Irving Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Union Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seabank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hoghton Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B5245 | Under investigation |
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