Crime Rates at Bright Street, Peterborough, PE1 2ED

Bright Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 171 local areas in Central , and the 17th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in Peterborough .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bright Street (PE1 2ED) in the last 12 months was 513.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% higher than the Central average (353.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 112 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 171 (≈ 246.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bright Street (PE1 2ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowgate, where police recorded 222 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (107 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.