Total Crime Rate
213.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Marlborough Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 78th 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 Marlborough Gardens (PR9 9BQ) in the last 12 months was 213.6 per 1,000 residents and was 189.0% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 155.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Gardens (PR9 9BQ), 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.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5245 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5245 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bradley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistleton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | B5245 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | East Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kestrel Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kestrel Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kestrel Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Mews | Local resolution |
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