Total Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartley Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in East , and the 164th 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 Hartley Avenue (PE1 5FT) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% lower than the East average (144.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartley Avenue (PE1 5FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hammonds Drive, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Miller Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hammonds Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hammonds Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradley Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | James Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudd Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Channing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hammonds Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Way | Under investigation |
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