Total Crime Rate

100.9 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 100.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 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
  • Robbery 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Essendyke area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bretton , and the 263rd 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 Essendyke (PE3 8JD) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Essendyke (PE3 8JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Essendyke, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxclose (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bretton

Crime Over Time in Essendyke area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essendyke Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eyrescroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eyrescroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Eyrescroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Eyrescroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eyrescroft —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Essendyke Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Essendyke Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eyrescroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eyrescroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxclose —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eyrescroft —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eyrescroft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stumpacre Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stumpacre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stumpacre —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eyrescroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kirkmeadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnstock Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.