Total Crime Rate
20.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Central , and the 42nd lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Road (PE3 9ED) in the last 12 months was 20.4 per 1,000 residents and was 94.2% lower than the Central average (353.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Road (PE3 9ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hacke Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Finchley Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayor'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mayor'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mayor'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayor'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayor'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayor'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayor'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hacke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hacke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hacke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hacke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholls Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finchley Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vintners Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vintners Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vintners Close | — |
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