Total Crime Rate
146.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chapel Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in East , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 631 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 Chapel Street (PE2 8JF) in the last 12 months was 146.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% higher than the East average (137.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 107.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 93.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (PE2 8JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Appleyard, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tucker'S Yard (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stonehouse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehouse Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Appleyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Appleyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tucker'S Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Appleyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Appleyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehouse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appleyard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appleyard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Appleyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appleyard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehouse Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonehouse Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayres Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daffodil Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stuart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shamrock Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shamrock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barber Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barber Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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