Total Crime Rate

88.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.0 7/10
  • Other crime 32.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Swallowfield area has the 9th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Glinton and Castor , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 631 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 Swallowfield (PE4 5BN) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% higher than the Glinton and Castor average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swallowfield (PE4 5BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swallowfield, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wainwright (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swallowfield area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wainwright Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coventry Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wainwright
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranemore Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swallowfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twelvetree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wainwright Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranemore Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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