Total Crime Rate
121.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mountbatten Way area has the 84th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 220th highest crime rate of 627 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 Mountbatten Way (PE3 7JT) in the last 12 months was 121.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 65.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mountbatten Way (PE3 7JT), the main crime hotspot is near Sandford. Police recorded 356 crimes here, including 265 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandford | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willonholt | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandford | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandford | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendleton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pendleton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pendleton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandford | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandford | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willonholt | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Naseby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mountbatten Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mountbatten Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountbatten Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gayton Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tansor Garth | — |
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