Total Crime
85,312
Latest 12 months
Insights / Crime / Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cambridgeshire Constabulary Crime Drilldown
How crime is changing and what is driving it in Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
Latest month: April 2026
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YoY Change
+2.5%
83,260 in the prior 12 months
Last 3-Month Trend
+0.9%
20,251 vs 20,077
What's Driving Change
High level changes impacting crime figures regionally
Crime is up 2.5% in this area.
Driven by
•
Violence and sexual offences ↑ 5.2%
•
Drugs ↑ 77.2%
•
Anti-social behaviour ↑ 3.7%
Offset by
•
Shoplifting ↓ 5.3%
•
Public order ↓ 7.0%
•
Vehicle crime ↓ 6.8%
Crime Breakdown
Share of total crime (%)
Monthly Trend
Cambridgeshire Constabulary monthly crime
Monthly crime compared to the same period last year
Crime Breakdown
Latest 12 months by type
| Crime type | Total 12m | YoY change | Share % | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Drugs
|
3,186 |
+77.2%
vs +8.9% nationally
|
|
↑ Up |
|
Possession of weapons
|
1,186 |
+11.8%
vs +6.2% nationally
|
|
↑ Up |
|
Burglary
|
3,270 |
+9.9%
vs -7.9% nationally
|
|
↑ Up |
|
Violence and sexual offences
Largest category · 35.5%
|
30,328 |
+5.2%
vs +0.8% nationally
|
|
↑ Up |
|
Anti-social behaviour
|
14,464 |
+3.7%
vs -1.6% nationally
|
|
↑ Up |
|
Other crime
|
2,428 |
+1.6%
vs -4.2% nationally
|
|
↑ Up |
|
Robbery
|
605 |
-2.3%
vs +9.2% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |
|
Criminal damage and arson
|
6,563 |
-2.5%
vs -4.1% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |
|
Other theft
|
5,215 |
-2.8%
vs -6.7% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |
|
Shoplifting
|
7,182 |
-5.3%
vs -4.2% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |
|
Vehicle crime
|
3,833 |
-6.8%
vs -10.2% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |
|
Public order
|
4,724 |
-7.0%
vs -4.8% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |
|
Bicycle theft
|
1,592 |
-14.5%
vs -10.4% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |
|
Theft from the person
|
736 |
-18.5%
vs -20.4% nationally
|
|
↓ Down |