Cambridgeshire Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Cambridgeshire as of April 2026 is 63 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 27 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Cambridgeshire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Peterborough is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Wisbech, and Huntingdon comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Cambridgeshire, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Cambridge which ranks as the safest area in Cambridgeshire, followed up by St. Neots in second place.
Cambridgeshire Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Cambridgeshire represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Cambridgeshire's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Cambridgeshire up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Cambridgeshire's 38,676 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Cambridgeshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Cambridgeshire has a crime risk score of 429. This is based on analysis of 38,676 nearby areas within Cambridgeshire, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Cambridgeshire's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Cambridgeshire, crime risk scores are typically around 429, while in East of England they are average 453.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 418 (444 for East of England), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 424 (East of England 443).
Trends in Crime Risk
Cambridgeshire
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 0.56% in Cambridgeshire's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Cambridgeshire's crime risk score is up by 0.21%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Cambridgeshire's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 3.6%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Cambridgeshire
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Cambridgeshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 1.06 reports per 1,000 people in Cambridgeshire, which is 1.25 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 1,146 crime reports logged by Cambridgeshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Cambridgeshire Police recorded 6,344 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Cambridgeshire, resulting in a crime rate of 5.88 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.94.
The crime rate for Burglary is 0.93 times the national average at 2.90 reports per 1,000. This is from 3,146 crime reports reported to Cambridgeshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Cambridgeshire
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.89 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.83 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 7% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.29 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 0.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 82% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.77 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.77 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 0% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Cambridgeshire
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Robbery offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.40 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 9% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.75 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.97 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 23% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Cambridgeshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Cambridgeshire | East of England | Cambridgeshire Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 14,438 | 13.36 | 0.95 | 74,182 | 10.23 | 0.72 | 14,462 | 13.33 | 0.94 |
| Bicycle Theft | 1,531 | 1.42 | 1.95 | 5,325 | 0.72 | 0.99 | 1,533 | 1.40 | 1.92 |
| Burglary | 3,146 | 2.90 | 0.93 | 17,593 | 2.42 | 0.77 | 3,163 | 2.90 | 0.93 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 6,344 | 5.88 | 0.94 | 40,107 | 5.51 | 0.88 | 6,362 | 5.88 | 0.94 |
| Drugs | 3,061 | 2.83 | 0.92 | 18,935 | 2.59 | 0.84 | 3,067 | 2.83 | 0.92 |
| Other Crime | 2,223 | 2.06 | 1.11 | 12,241 | 1.70 | 0.92 | 2,225 | 2.04 | 1.10 |
| Other Theft | 4,998 | 4.63 | 0.81 | 34,703 | 4.78 | 0.84 | 5,029 | 4.64 | 0.82 |
| Possession of Weapons | 1,146 | 1.06 | 1.25 | 5,931 | 0.83 | 0.98 | 1,146 | 1.05 | 1.24 |
| Public Order | 4,510 | 4.17 | 0.72 | 32,088 | 4.42 | 0.76 | 4,527 | 4.18 | 0.72 |
| Robbery | 559 | 0.51 | 0.43 | 4,492 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 562 | 0.51 | 0.43 |
| Shoplifting | 6,993 | 6.49 | 0.91 | 43,068 | 5.94 | 0.83 | 7,019 | 6.48 | 0.91 |
| Theft From the Person | 698 | 0.65 | 0.42 | 3,654 | 0.52 | 0.34 | 698 | 0.65 | 0.42 |
| Vehicle Crime | 3,742 | 3.45 | 0.80 | 27,821 | 3.84 | 0.89 | 3,757 | 3.47 | 0.81 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 29,175 | 27.01 | 0.89 | 200,684 | 27.65 | 0.91 | 29,236 | 26.95 | 0.89 |
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Total Crime by Year
Cambridgeshire | East of England | Cambridgeshire Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 68,126 | 63.06 | 0.88 | 446,642 | 61.53 | 0.85 | 68,324 | 62.98 | 0.87 |
| 2025 | 66,617 | 61.99 | 0.84 | 441,082 | 61.31 | 0.83 | 66,830 | 61.91 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 67,906 | 63.71 | 0.84 | 443,460 | 62.34 | 0.83 | 68,080 | 63.66 | 0.84 |
| 2023 | 70,997 | 67.53 | 0.85 | 474,715 | 67.51 | 0.85 | 71,160 | 67.46 | 0.85 |
| 2022 | 66,531 | 64.15 | 0.84 | 471,617 | 67.78 | 0.88 | 66,773 | 64.08 | 0.83 |
| 2021 | 59,363 | 57.95 | 0.85 | 437,869 | 63.51 | 0.93 | 59,570 | 57.88 | 0.84 |
| 2020 | 64,534 | 63.52 | 0.86 | 465,376 | 67.88 | 0.92 | 64,756 | 63.49 | 0.86 |
| 2019 | 63,505 | 62.98 | 0.83 | 482,539 | 70.87 | 0.93 | 63,748 | 63.01 | 0.83 |
| 2018 | 65,185 | 65.00 | 0.91 | 439,882 | 64.91 | 0.91 | 65,401 | 64.95 | 0.91 |
| 2017 | 58,616 | 58.91 | 0.92 | 396,747 | 58.76 | 0.92 | 58,820 | 58.92 | 0.92 |
| 2016 | 15,799 | 15.92 | 0.83 | 116,493 | 17.30 | 0.91 | 15,843 | 15.93 | 0.84 |
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The Cambridgeshire Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Cambridgeshire has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Sandford Peterborough | 141 | ||||||||
| Downing Street Cambridge | 126 | ||||||||
| Peacock Way Bretton | 94 | ||||||||
| Market Place Wisbech | 71 | ||||||||
| A1307 Huntingdon | 58 | ||||||||
| Petrol Station Fulbourn | 56 | ||||||||
| Coulson Close Milton | 56 | ||||||||
| Sports/Recreation Area Witchford | 55 | ||||||||
| Park/Open Space Newborough | 48 | ||||||||
| Newnham Street Ely | 37 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Bretton | 1,725 | 116.27 | 1.66 | ||||||
| Wisbech | 3,020 | 113.81 | 1.59 | ||||||
| Peterborough | 17,640 | 103.76 | 1.44 | ||||||
| Huntingdon | 2,637 | 85.28 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Hampton Hargate and Vale | 1,127 | 81.86 | 1.19 | ||||||
| March | 1,844 | 75.33 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Cambridge | 13,793 | 74.53 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Orton Longueville | 862 | 72.94 | 1.06 | ||||||
| Ramsey | 607 | 62.71 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Littleport | 698 | 62.15 | 0.97 | ||||||
| Yaxley | 551 | 57.26 | 0.90 | ||||||
| St. Neots | 2,040 | 56.62 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Ely | 1,266 | 52.08 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Whittlesey | 997 | 50.34 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Chatteris | 610 | 50.25 | 0.76 | ||||||
| St. Ives | 898 | 46.60 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Orton Waterville | 954 | 45.93 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Soham | 584 | 42.45 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Cambourne | 545 | 35.90 | 0.57 | ||||||
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