Total Crime Rate
95.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Churchill Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 244th 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 Churchill Avenue (PR9 9PX) in the last 12 months was 95.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Churchill Avenue (PR9 9PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denbigh Avenue, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Michael'S Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Threlfalls Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knob Hall Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knob Hall Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knob Hall Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knob Hall Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bellis Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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