Crime Rates at Newark Road, Peterborough, PE1 5YJ

Newark Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 71st highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newark Road (PE1 5YJ) in the last 12 months was 248.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 142.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newark Road (PE1 5YJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadenvale (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.