Crime · Cambridge

Reported crime in Cambridge

Name: Cambridge crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

18,644 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 112 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

18,644

Rate / 1,000

112

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,351	29%
Anti social behaviour	2,805	15%
Shoplifting	2,710	15%
Other theft	1,267	7%
Criminal damage and arson	1,163	6%
Public order	1,083	6%
Bicycle theft	915	5%
Drugs	807	4%
Vehicle crime	782	4%
Burglary	614	3%
Theft from the person	347	2%
Other crime	347	2%
Possession of weapons	247	1%
Robbery	206	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	509	468	410	415	426	417	423	366	448	436	525	508	5351
Anti social behaviour	311	267	224	233	156	170	206	184	239	250	279	286	2805
Shoplifting	238	291	207	170	191	174	213	217	267	230	250	262	2710
Other theft	129	109	109	106	91	80	102	99	127	103	102	110	1267
Criminal damage and arson	119	110	109	88	98	77	81	84	100	86	94	117	1163
Public order	105	100	93	106	85	82	88	78	82	69	88	107	1083
Bicycle theft	90	63	63	76	61	58	53	56	97	74	95	129	915
Drugs	72	60	65	118	120	98	69	47	42	33	36	47	807
Vehicle crime	66	66	55	66	66	43	62	49	110	65	68	66	782
Burglary	52	56	63	56	54	54	64	40	46	48	38	43	614
Theft from the person	46	39	12	20	45	17	28	33	26	34	29	18	347
Other crime	23	27	22	34	20	19	20	34	36	34	41	37	347
Possession of weapons	21	31	23	25	22	12	22	8	17	21	22	23	247
Robbery	21	17	16	13	14	15	17	13	12	14	23	31	206
Total	1802	1704	1471	1526	1449	1316	1448	1308	1649	1497	1690	1784	18644

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Cambridge, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 166,077.