Total Crime Rate
25.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Pauls Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 65th lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Pauls Road (PE1 3DR) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 92.7% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Pauls Road (PE1 3DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowper Road, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Pauls Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Eaglesthorpe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaglesthorpe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilpin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Pauls Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Road | Under investigation |
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