Total Crime Rate

72.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 72.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Manchester Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 325th 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 Manchester Road (PR9 9AZ) in the last 12 months was 72.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Manchester Road (PR9 9AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B5245, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Manchester Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5245 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5245 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B5245 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bradley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thistleton Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hoghton Grove Awaiting court outcome
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Manchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B5245 Under investigation

Data Sources

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