Total Crime Rate
99.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eyrescroft area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bretton , and the 269th highest crime rate of 631 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 Eyrescroft (PE3 8EX) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eyrescroft (PE3 8EX), the main crime hotspot is near Essendyke. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bretton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Essendyke | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Barnstock | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Essendyke | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyrescroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyrescroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyrescroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eyrescroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eyrescroft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eyrescroft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Eyrescroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eyrescroft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eyrescroft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eyrescroft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Essendyke | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hudds Meadow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benland | Under investigation |
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