Total Crime Rate

200.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 200.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 98.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cromwell 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cromwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Summerfield Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parliament Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Link Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cobden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dyson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dyson Close
Apr 2026Burglary A15 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A15
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A15
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parliament Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parliament Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Windmill Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Lime Tree Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Windmill Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Windmill Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taverners Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Springfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bamber Street
Apr 2026Public order Gladstone Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Gladstone Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Lime Tree Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bourges Boulevard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street

Data Sources

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