Total Crime Rate
96.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alma Road area has the 75th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alma Road (PE1 3AW) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -31.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alma Road (PE1 3AW), 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 Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Martin'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dogsthorpe Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alma Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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