Total Crime Rate
244.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairmead Way area has the 39th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 76th highest crime rate of 627 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 Fairmead Way (PE3 6AE) in the last 12 months was 244.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 141.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairmead Way (PE3 6AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walnut Mews (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walnut Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walnut Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walnut Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Walnut Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Walnut Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hope Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Berridge Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Berridge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berridge Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Vawser Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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