Total Crime Rate
97.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norburn area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bretton , and the 269th 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 Norburn (PE3 8NP) in the last 12 months was 97.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norburn (PE3 8NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Watergall, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norburn (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bretton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linkside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Risby | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langley | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watergall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watergall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watergall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watergall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norburn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norburn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Outfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Road | Under investigation |
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