Total Crime Rate
124.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newark Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 213th 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 Newark Avenue (PE1 4NS) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% higher 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newark Avenue (PE1 4NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tait Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tait Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tait Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barkston Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Larch Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larch Grove | — |
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