Total Crime Rate
159.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wulfric Square area has the 13th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bretton , and the 148th 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 Wulfric Square (PE3 8RF) in the last 12 months was 159.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wulfric Square (PE3 8RF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 250 crimes here, including 34 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 | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heltwate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A47 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | A47 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Heltwate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A47 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sturrock Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A47 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A47 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
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