Total Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in East , and the 306th lowest 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 Chapel Street (PE2 8JF) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% lower than the East average (144.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (PE2 8JF), the main crime hotspot is near Appleyard. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daffodil Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Daffodil Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tucker'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stan Rowing Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stan Rowing Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barber Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Appleyard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tucker'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tucker'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tucker'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ayres Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Appleyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Appleyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daffodil Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonehouse Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stonehouse Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehouse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehouse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stonehouse Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
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