Total Crime Rate

264.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 264.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 145.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.0 9/10
  • Other crime 12.6 10/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mercury Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in East , and the 64th highest crime rate of 631 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 Mercury Close (PE2 8JW) in the last 12 months was 264.7 per 1,000 residents and was 92.9% higher than the East average (137.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 266.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mercury Close (PE2 8JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Daphne Grove, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leon Drive (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mercury Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mercury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leon Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daphne Grove —
Sep 2025Burglary Daphne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daphne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daphne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fauna Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buntings Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Stables —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leon Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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