Total Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Medworth area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Orton Longueville , and the 313th highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Medworth (PE2 5RY) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% higher than the Orton Longueville average (82.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Medworth (PE2 5RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beckingham, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Medworth (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Riseholme | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sayer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Osprey | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sayer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meriton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pennington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medworth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medworth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medworth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winyates | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Riseholme | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Riseholme | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Riseholme | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Riseholme | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Riseholme | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stagsden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beckingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riseholme | — |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.