Total Crime Rate
17.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bakers Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 156th 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 Bakers Lane (PR9 9RN) in the last 12 months was 17.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.5% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bakers Lane (PR9 9RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marshside Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radnor Drive (9 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 | Knob Hall Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marshside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marshside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marshside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longacre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mallee Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallee Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clengers Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clengers Brow | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Marshside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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