Cambridgeshire Police Statistics
(Also known more formally as Cambridgeshire Constabulary)
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Cambridgeshire Constabulary's force coverage area is 63 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 27 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Cambridgeshire Police's service area 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 Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Cambridgeshire Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Cambridgeshire Police'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 Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Cambridgeshire Police has a crime risk score of 429. This is based on analysis of 38,676 nearby areas within Cambridgeshire Police, 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 Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Cambridgeshire Police, crime risk scores are typically around 429, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 418 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 425 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
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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 0.73% in Cambridgeshire Police'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 Police's crime risk score is up by 0.34%. 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 Police's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 3.7%, 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
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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 Police • 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 1.05 reports per 1,000 people in Cambridgeshire Police, which is 1.24 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 6,362 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Cambridgeshire Police, 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 3,163 crime reports reported to Cambridgeshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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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.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.94 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.94 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 0% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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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 Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Cambridgeshire Police | National | ||||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 14,462 | 13.33 | 0.94 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 1,533 | 1.40 | 1.92 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 3,163 | 2.90 | 0.93 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 6,362 | 5.88 | 0.94 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 3,067 | 2.83 | 0.92 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 2,225 | 2.04 | 1.10 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 5,029 | 4.64 | 0.82 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 1,146 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 4,527 | 4.18 | 0.72 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 562 | 0.51 | 0.43 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 7,019 | 6.48 | 0.91 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 698 | 0.65 | 0.42 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 3,757 | 3.47 | 0.81 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 29,236 | 26.95 | 0.89 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 68,324 | 62.98 | 0.87 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 66,830 | 61.91 | 0.84 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 68,080 | 63.66 | 0.84 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 71,160 | 67.46 | 0.85 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 66,773 | 64.08 | 0.83 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 59,570 | 57.88 | 0.84 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 64,756 | 63.49 | 0.86 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 63,748 | 63.01 | 0.83 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 65,401 | 64.95 | 0.91 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 58,820 | 58.92 | 0.92 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 15,843 | 15.93 | 0.84 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Cambridgeshire Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| 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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Cambridgeshire Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Parkside Police Station | Parkside, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1JG | Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Closed at weekends. Closed on bank holidays. Please call 101 for non-emergency enquires or contact us online. Parkside Evidential Property Office We can return evidential property at Parkside Police Station. Opening hours to the Property Office for members of the public are as detailed below. Property Office opening hours: Tuesday 9am - 12:30pm / 1:30pm - 3:30pm Wednesday 9am - 12:30pm / 1:30pm - 3:30pm Thursday 9am - 12:30pm / 1:30pm - 3:30pm Contact the Property Office |
| Thorpe Wood Police Station | Thorpe Wood, Longthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 6SD | 20 January to 6 March 2024 Reduced opening hours while the enquiry office is refurbished. Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm Closed at weekends. Closed on bank holidays. After 6 March The opening hours will be: 7 days a week 8am to 8pm Bank holidays 9am to 5pm. Thorpe Wood Evidential Property Office We can return evidential property at Thorpe Wood, and Parkside Police Stations only. Opening hours to the Property Office for members of the public are as detailed below. Property Office opening hours: Tuesday 9am - 12:30pm / 1:30pm - 3:30pm Wednesday 9am - 12:30pm / 1:30pm - 3:30pm Thursday 9am - 12:30pm / 1:30pm - 3:30pm Contact the Property Office |