Total Crime Rate
1700.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
904.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fitzwilliam Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 4th 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 Fitzwilliam Street (PE1 2RU) in the last 12 months was 1700.6 per 1,000 residents and was 381.7% higher 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 322 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , down -30.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 453 (≈ 904.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fitzwilliam Street (PE1 2RU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 706 crimes here, including 334 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Westgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dean'S Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dean'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dean'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dean'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Geneva Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dean'S Court | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dean'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean'S Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean'S Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean'S Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean'S Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean'S Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean'S Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Geneva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Townsend Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Townsend Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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