Total Crime Rate
200.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cromwell Road area has the 49th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 627 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 Cromwell Road (PE1 2HR) in the last 12 months was 200.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 98.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cromwell Road (PE1 2HR), the main crime hotspot is near Norfolk Street. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 59 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Link Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury 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 | Burglary | A15 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A15 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A15 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lime Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bamber Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gladstone Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lime Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bourges Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Street | — |
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