Total Crime Rate

267.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 267.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 39.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 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

Brewster Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 171 local areas in Central , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 631 local areas in Peterborough .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brewster Avenue (PE2 9PN) in the last 12 months was 267.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% lower than the Central average (353.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 114.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brewster Avenue (PE2 9PN), the main crime hotspot is near The Squires. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brewster Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leyland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leyland Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Vaughan Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Flamborough Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brewster Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewster Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewster Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brewster Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Squires Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Orchard Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Jubilee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grove Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grove Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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