Total Crime Rate
183.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastern Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 116th 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 Eastern Avenue (PE1 4PL) in the last 12 months was 183.6 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 81.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastern Avenue (PE1 4PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beechwood Close, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langton Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stathern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lilac Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Olive Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Road | Under investigation |
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