Total Crime Rate

201.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 201.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.4 10/10
  • Other theft 25.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 15.1 6/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lytham Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Cambridge , and the 84th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lytham Road (PR9 9UG) in the last 12 months was 201.0 per 1,000 residents and was 172.0% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 110.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lytham Road (PR9 9UG), the main crime hotspot is near Marshside Road. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lytham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Marshside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marshside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marshside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Singleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coyford Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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