Total Crime Rate
568.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Pauls Road area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 15th highest crime rate of 631 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 St Pauls Road (PE1 3EF) in the last 12 months was 568.8 per 1,000 residents and was 437.2% higher than the Dogsthorpe average (105.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 208.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 143.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Pauls Road (PE1 3EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowper Road, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodcote Close (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dogsthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawn Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peveril Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Peveril Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shakespeare Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Foxdale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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