Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Public order 22.4 9/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hawkshead Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 197th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawkshead Street (PR9 9BP) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawkshead Street (PR9 9BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hall Street, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawkshead Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingfisher Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kestrel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingfisher Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Luke'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kestrel Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kestrel Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs East Street Local resolution

Data Sources

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