Total Crime Rate
62.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deerleap area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bretton , and the 224th 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 Deerleap (PE3 9YB) in the last 12 months was 62.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.0% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deerleap (PE3 9YB), the main crime hotspot is near Tyesdale. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bretton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Muskham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sprignall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Muskham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyesdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyesdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyesdale | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sprignall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sprignall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sprignall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sprignall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sprignall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sprignall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Muskham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sprignall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sprignall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deerleap | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deerleap | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyesdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton | Under investigation |
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