Total Crime Rate

98.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Axiom Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bretton , and the 274th 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 Axiom Avenue (PE3 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% lower than the Bretton average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Axiom Avenue (PE3 7EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Chelveston Way. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Axiom Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lowick Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Deene Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Deene Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Edgcote Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Dingley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chelveston Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cottesmore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lowick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Axiom Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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