Total Crime Rate
104.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bishops 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.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | South Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Potters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Morris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Morris Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Morris Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Field Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hereward Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St John'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St John'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wake Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vineyard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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