Total Crime Rate
99.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barnstock area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bretton , and the 264th 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 Barnstock (PE3 8EH) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% lower than the Bretton average (141.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnstock (PE3 8EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bretton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eyrescroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Flaxland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Benland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headngs Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Benland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Benland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Flaxland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Barnstock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Flaxland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Benland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnstock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eyrescroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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