Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birchtree Avenue area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 270th highest crime rate of 631 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 Birchtree Avenue (PE1 4HW) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower than the Dogsthorpe average (105.9 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchtree Avenue (PE1 4HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Acer Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cerris Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birchtree Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Acer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ascot Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pyecroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Garton End Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elmfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchtree Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Dovecote Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Acer Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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