Total Crime Rate
55.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckle Street area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 201st lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckle Street (PE1 5DY) in the last 12 months was 55.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckle Street (PE1 5DY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 21 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 | Drugs | Star Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wake Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fengate Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitsed Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitsed Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wake Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whalley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cavendish Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobbet Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Star Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Close | Under investigation |
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