Total Crime Rate
94.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clayton area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Orton Longueville , and the 281st 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 Clayton (PE2 5SE) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clayton (PE2 5SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bringhurst, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Benyon Grove (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Benyon Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bringhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benyon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benyon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackmead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Benyon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walgrave | Under investigation |
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