Total Crime Rate
289.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lincoln Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 50th highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lincoln Road (PE1 2PQ) in the last 12 months was 289.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 115.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincoln Road (PE1 2PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Century Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Century Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alma Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Century Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Martin'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Windmill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
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