Total Crime Rate

121.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 121.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 76.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Scarisbrick Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 188th 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 121.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.7% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scarisbrick Street (PR9 0TU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southport, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (39 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
Apr 2026Drugs St George'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mornington Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mornington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawesside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawesside Street Under investigation
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 Hawesside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castle Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castle Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castle Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castle Street

Data Sources

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