Total Crime Rate

102.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 68.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.3 9/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Hinchcliffe area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Orton Longueville , and the 258th 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 Hinchcliffe (PE2 5ST) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 68.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hinchcliffe (PE2 5ST), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Peterborough

Crime Over Time in Hinchcliffe area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Riseholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hinchcliffe Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burswood Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kilham Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Riseholme Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Riseholme Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Riseholme Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Riseholme Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Riseholme Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Riseholme
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hinchcliffe Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hinchcliffe Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Drugs Pennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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.