Total Crime Rate

104.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bishops Road area has the 84th lowest crime rate of 171 local areas in Central , and the 251st highest crime rate of 631 local areas in Peterborough .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bishops Road (PE1 5AP) in the last 12 months was 104.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower than the Central average (353.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishops Road (PE1 5AP), the main crime hotspot is near St John'S Street. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bishops Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft South Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Potters Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Morris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Morris Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Morris Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Field Walk
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hereward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St John'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery St John'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Public order Wake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wake Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wake Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Vineyard Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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