Total Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moss Lane area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 233rd lowest 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 Moss Lane (PR9 7QS) in the last 12 months was 24.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.4% lower than the Cambridge average (74.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moss Lane (PR9 7QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fine Jane'S Way, where police recorded 1 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Links Close (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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