Total Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eye Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 128th 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 Eye Road (PE1 4SA) in the last 12 months was 37.9 per 1,000 residents and was 89.3% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eye Road (PE1 4SA), the main crime hotspot is near Hill Close. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sherborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Franklin Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colwyn Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blandford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blandford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eames Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eames Gardens | Under investigation |
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