Total Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longacre area has the 49th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 435th 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 Longacre (PR9 9TB) in the last 12 months was 46.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longacre (PR9 9TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marshside Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denbigh Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cambridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marshside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clengers Brow | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Avenue | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Clengers Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Threlfalls Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knob Hall Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knob Hall Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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