Total Crime Rate

64.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 64.9 6/10
  • Violent crimes 35.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Swan Gardens area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 229th 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 Swan Gardens (PE1 4SB) in the last 12 months was 64.9 per 1,000 residents and was 81.6% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swan Gardens (PE1 4SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Colwyn Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swan Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eames Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colwyn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrowfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Eames Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Colwyn Avenue
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colwyn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colwyn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyvelly Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barrowfield
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blandford Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldsworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Sherborne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Swan Gardens
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Franklin Crescent
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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