Total Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eye Road 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 Eye Road (PE1 4SG) 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 Eye Road (PE1 4SG), the main crime hotspot is near Gilmorton Drive. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 24 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Colwyn Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blandford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blandford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willoughby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cropston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradegate Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cropston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cropston Road | 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 | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilmorton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilmorton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilmorton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gilmorton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sherborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normanton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eye Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Allexton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrowfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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