Crime Rate in Bretton, ward

Bretton has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Peterborough district and the 814th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 60th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bretton in the last 12 months was 136.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% higher than the Peterborough district average (127.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bretton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 463 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 7 cases , down -36.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 240.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 595 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bretton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 157 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (42 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.