Total Crime Rate

230.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 230.5 10/10
  • Drugs 74.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 10/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Lord 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 0QQ) 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 0QQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lord Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/61)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Drugs Hoghton Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Union Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thistleton Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bradley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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