Total Crime Rate
245.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bamber Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 171 local areas in Central , and the 78th 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 Bamber Street (PE1 2HL) in the last 12 months was 245.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 127.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bamber Street (PE1 2HL), the main crime hotspot is near Norfolk Street. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourges Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Taverners Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Taverners Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | English Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | English Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | English Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | English Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourges Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourges Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Victoria Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bourges Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Taverners Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Summerfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bourges Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bourges Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
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