Total Crime Rate

445.4 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 445.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 158.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 135.1 9/10
  • Public order 48.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Drugs 14.4 9/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.6 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.6 8/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
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

Mornington Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 17th 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 Mornington Road (PR9 0TT) in the last 12 months was 445.4 per 1,000 residents and was 502.6% higher than the Cambridge average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 218.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mornington Road (PR9 0TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near London Street, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mornington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour London Street
Sep 2025Drugs Hoghton Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarisbrick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Trinity Mews Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street 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 Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Further action is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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