Total Crime Rate
157.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Martinsbridge area has the 65th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 155th highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Martinsbridge (PE1 4YD) in the last 12 months was 157.1 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Martinsbridge (PE1 4YD), the main crime hotspot is near Whittington. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 35 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 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whittington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Michael'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitacre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whittington | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Gate | Under investigation |
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