Total Crime Rate

177.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 177.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 68.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lyvelly Gardens area has the 55th highest crime rate of 171 local areas in Central , and the 129th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in Peterborough .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lyvelly Gardens (PE1 5RX) in the last 12 months was 177.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% lower than the Central average (353.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyvelly Gardens (PE1 5RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolf Square (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lyvelly Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barrowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrowfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Barrowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Barrowfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barrowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eames Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eames Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eames Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Whitacre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitacre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitacre
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Franklin Crescent
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Terrace
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elborne Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wolf Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolf Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Colwyn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Augusta Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elborne Way

Data Sources

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