Total Crime Rate

57.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.0 6/10
  • Violent crimes 26.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Street area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 408th highest 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 Church Street (PR9 0QT) in the last 12 months was 57.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (PR9 0QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B5245 (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawesside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B5245
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kensington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawesside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawesside Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B5245 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawesside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawesside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinity Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mornington Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mornington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manchester Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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