Total Crime Rate

148.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 148.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Scarisbrick Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 138th 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 Scarisbrick Street (PR9 0TU) in the last 12 months was 148.3 per 1,000 residents and was 100.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scarisbrick Street (PR9 0TU), 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 Scarisbrick Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area 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 Hoghton Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hoghton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoghton Place
Sep 2025Drugs Hoghton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Anchor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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