Total Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 52.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 21.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 4/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eastern Avenue area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 189th lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Eastern Avenue (PE1 4PW) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.1% lower than the Central average (353.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eastern Avenue (PE1 4PW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Eastern Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Langton Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stathern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eastern Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Branston Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Branston Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Langton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lilac Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilac Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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