Total Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Western Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 253rd lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Western Avenue (PE1 4HT) in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Western Avenue (PE1 4HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dovecote Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cerris Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dogsthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dovecote Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Grove | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dovecote Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dovecote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Welland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchtree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Primrose Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Primrose Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cerris Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cerris Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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