Crime Rates at Wake Road, Peterborough, PE1 5AW

Wake 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 Wake Road (PE1 5AW) 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 Wake Road (PE1 5AW), the main crime hotspot is near Wellington Street. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.