Total Crime Rate

99.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eyrescroft 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 Eyrescroft (PE3 8EX) 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 Eyrescroft (PE3 8EX), the main crime hotspot is near Benland. Police recorded 38 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 Eyrescroft area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Essendyke Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Flaxland Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Benland Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benland Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benland Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benland Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Flaxland Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flaxland Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benland Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benland Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Benland Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Benland Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Benland Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Barnstock Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnstock Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Eyrescroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Eyrescroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Benland Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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