Total Crime Rate
209.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lincoln Road area has the 45th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 90th 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 Lincoln Road (PE1 2PL) in the last 12 months was 209.8 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincoln Road (PE1 2PL), 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 Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lime Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lime Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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