Total Crime Rate
147.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princes Street area has the 67th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Princes Street (PE1 2QP) in the last 12 months was 147.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princes Street (PE1 2QP), the main crime hotspot is near Princes Gate. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 38 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Drive West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Martin'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Martin'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Drive West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Princes Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princes Gate | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princes Gate | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Huntly Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntly Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Huntly Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Huntly Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Huntly Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Drive West | — |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Drive West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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