Total Crime Rate
72.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hankey Street area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 267th lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hankey Street (PE1 2HH) in the last 12 months was 72.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hankey Street (PE1 2HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bourges Boulevard, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near English Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | English Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | English Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | English Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | English Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | English Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | English Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | English Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | English Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourges Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gladstone Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bourges Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bourges Boulevard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bourges Boulevard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bourges Boulevard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bourges Boulevard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bourges Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bourges Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | English Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourges Boulevard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | A15 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Link Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A15 | — |
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