Total Crime Rate

105.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 105.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 36.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.0 7/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Mewburn area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bretton , and the 254th 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 Mewburn (PE3 8SG) in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% lower than the Bretton average (141.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mewburn (PE3 8SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxclose, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gullymore (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mewburn area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gullymore Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mewburn Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gurnard Leys Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gurnard Leys Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brynmore Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oxclose Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxclose Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oldbrook Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gullymore Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gullymore Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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