Total Crime Rate

245.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 245.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.6 10/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.5 6/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cromwell Road 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 Cromwell Road (PE1 2HR) 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 Cromwell Road (PE1 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norfolk Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cromwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hankey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street
Sep 2025Other theft Summerfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summerfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Victoria Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highbury Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cobden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norfolk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Public order A15 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimbolton Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Springfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cromwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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