Cambridge Robbery
Cambridge · Robbery · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Cambridge police open data recorded 101 robbery incidents, 1.7% of all 6,105 incidents reported in the city that year and down 2.9% from 2024. That is about 83.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 136 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 65 robbery incidents have been published.
Robbery in Cambridge by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 65 | — | — |
| 2025 | 101 | 83.3 | down 2.9% |
| 2024 | 104 | 85.8 | down 13.3% |
| 2023 | 120 | 99.0 | up 26.3% |
| 2022 | 95 | 78.4 | up 48.4% |
| 2021 | 64 | 52.8 | down 3.0% |
| 2020 | 66 | 54.5 | down 7.0% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,829 robbery incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most robbery (2025)
- Cambridgeport 26 incidents
- North Cambridge 21 incidents
- The Port 14 incidents
- Mid-Cambridge 8 incidents
- Riverside 8 incidents
- West Cambridge 7 incidents
- East Cambridge 5 incidents
- Peabody 3 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many robbery incidents were reported in Cambridge in 2025?
101, according to Cambridge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is robbery going up or down in Cambridge?
Reported robbery was down 2.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 6.3% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Cambridge Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Cambridge
- Cambridge theft 2,336 in 2025
- Cambridge other 2,231 in 2025
- Cambridge assault 621 in 2025
- Cambridge bike theft 419 in 2025
- Cambridge fraud 311 in 2025
- Cambridge auto theft 84 in 2025
- Cambridge homicide 2 in 2025