Total Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Dell area has the 74th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 627 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 The Dell (PE2 9QE) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 72.7% lower than the Central average (353.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Dell (PE2 9QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belsize Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Spencer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dove Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leyland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vaughan Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belsize Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belsize Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belsize Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Spencer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belsize Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huntly Road | — |
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