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Where to stay in Cambridge

Every area rated for day and night, with the reasoning and the sources behind each rating.

🟢 Official crime data · Cambridgeshire Constabulary, data.police.uk Day and night here are split by offence type, not by clock time: the police feed records no time of day, so “by day” weights shoplifting, theft and burglary and “at night” weights violence, robbery and anti-social behaviour. An area with a busy high street and quiet evenings can therefore read worse by day, and that is the offence mix, not a count of incidents seen at each hour. Each area page shows the figures behind both. Methodology →

For a short stay in Cambridge: Newnham and Petersfield. One area for each kind of trip, each shown with its own day and night rating — including where that rating says be careful. None of them is here because someone paid for it.

For a first visit · With family · Best rated overall Newnham
Relatively saferday Relatively safernight
2 of the city's main sights are close enough to walk between. Find a place in Newnham →
For going out Petersfield
Higher caution advisedday Averagenight
This is where the city's evening venues are concentrated. Still where the evening happens: the daytime rating is driven by shoplifting, counted as a rate against the 10,938 people registered as living here rather than the far larger number who pass through. Take extra care, particularly after dark — that is what the rating is for, not a reason to stay out of the area. Find a place in Petersfield →
Compare all 14 wards

Ordered by how much each area differs from the rest of the city, not by rating — the unusual ones first. Click a column to sort it your way.

AreaDayNight Sights Book
Market Higher caution advised Higher caution advised 5 Book →
Petersfield Higher caution advised Average 2 Book →
Abbey Higher caution advised Average Book →
Arbury Average Average Book →
King's Hedges Average Average Book →
West Chesterton Average Relatively safer Book →
Cherry Hinton Relatively safer Average Book →
East Chesterton Relatively safer Average Book →
Newnham Relatively safer Relatively safer 3 Book →
Castle Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Coleridge Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Queen Edith's Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Romsey Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Trumpington Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →