Total Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Welland Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 301st lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Welland Road (PE1 3SZ) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% lower than the Dogsthorpe average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welland Road (PE1 3SZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Welland Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Damson Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dogsthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Myrtle Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myrtle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Damson Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myrtle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Furze Ride | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harebell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harebell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Apricot Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemlock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hemlock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ling Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ulverston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ulverston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ulverston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Welland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Welland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Welland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laburnum Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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