Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dogsthorpe Road area has the 84th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 239th highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dogsthorpe Road (PE1 3PL) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dogsthorpe Road (PE1 3PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welland Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dogsthorpe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Mayfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Isherwood Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peveril Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Elmfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elmfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Mayfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Mayfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Welland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dovecote Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Dovecote Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovecote Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Airedale Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovecote Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Birchtree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Dovecote Close Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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