Cambridge vs Festival Gardens

Cambridge has a safety score of 10/100 (High Crime) and recorded 854 crimes in the last 12 months. Festival Gardens has a safety score of 12/100 (High Crime) with 739 crimes. Festival Gardens scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Cambridge shows a year-on-year crime trend of -11.1% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Festival Gardens shows +161.1% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Cambridge, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (408 incidents). In Festival Gardens, it is Violent Crime (275 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Cambridge recorded 54 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Festival Gardens recorded 72. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Cambridge totalled 408 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 275 in Festival Gardens. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Cambridge recorded 961 crimes (now 854, a change of -11.1%). Festival Gardens recorded 283 crimes previously (now 739, +161.1%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Cambridge has a resolution rate of 30.8% and Festival Gardens has 35.8%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Cambridge falls within the Merseyside Police boundary. Festival Gardens is covered by Merseyside Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Cambridge and Festival Gardens. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.