Total Crime Rate
270.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 30th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 61st highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broadway (PE1 1SU) in the last 12 months was 270.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower than the Central average (353.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 106.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (PE1 1SU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 242 crimes here, including 105 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Geneva Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzwilliam Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geneva Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Geneva Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Geneva Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Geneva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Geneva Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Monument Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jordan Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jordan Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Crawthorne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Church Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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