Cam is safer than the district around it, by about a fifth. Recorded crime runs below the Stroud average. Hardly anyone is out of work, and hardly any homes are overcrowded. The crime that does happen is the ordinary kind found everywhere, in roughly the usual proportions. On the safety question, Cam's numbers leave little to discuss.
In the year to May 2026, police recorded 392 crimes across Cam, a published rate of about 37 per 1,000 people. That rate is roughly 19% below the average for the Stroud district.
Side by side, the gap is easy to see. Cam's rate is about 37 per 1,000, and the Stroud district as a whole runs at about 46 per 1,000 over the same year. Cam is no fortress. It is simply calmer than the district it belongs to.
The neighbourhood behind those numbers is a comfortable one. Cam has about 3,030 people per square kilometre on average, unemployment of about 2% and overcrowding of about 1%. None of that guarantees anything about crime, but it describes streets of family houses with room to spare and most adults in work. Of all the things to fret about here, the neighbours rank low.
The mix of crime is close to the national pattern, give or take a few points. Violence and sexual offences make up about 40% of Cam's recorded crime, against about 35% across England and Wales. That category covers everything from serious assault down to common assault without injury, and it is the largest one almost everywhere. Anti-social behaviour accounts for about 20%, against 16% nationally. Criminal damage and arson make up about 7%, the same as the national share. Vehicle crime is about 6% against 5%, public order about 6% against 7%, and other theft about 6% against 7%. The totals are small, though, so a handful of incidents can move any of these shares by several points. The mix is a snapshot of one year, and next year's could look different. If one street matters to you, look it up on the police's own crime map. It plots incidents to a nearby point, and it will show whether anything clusters near the house you are considering.
Getting a case solved is a separate question, and here the answer belongs to the county force rather than to Cam. Gloucestershire Constabulary charges a suspect in about 9% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which puts it 39th of 42 forces in England and Wales. About a third of its cases are closed with no suspect identified. The force reported outcomes for eight of the twelve months to May 2026. Those are force-wide figures. They say what happens after a report anywhere in Gloucestershire, and nothing about how likely a crime is in Cam. Crime is less likely in Cam, and if one does happen, the chance of anyone being charged for it is lower too.
Safety is one of Cam's strengths. Crime runs comfortably below the district rate in a neighbourhood with almost no unemployment or overcrowding. The weaker part is Gloucestershire's record on charging suspects once a crime has been reported.