Total Crime Rate

101.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 101.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Somerby Garth area has the 29th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 259th highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somerby Garth (PE1 4TZ) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerby Garth (PE1 4TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Langton Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gilmorton Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Somerby Garth area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eastern Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gilmorton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilmorton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilmorton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dalby Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalby Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalby Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Allexton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stathern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilmorton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normanton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Langton Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Langton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Branston Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Branston Rise Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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