Total Crime Rate
1862.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lincoln Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 171 local areas in Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 631 local areas in Peterborough .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lincoln Road (PE4 6AE) in the last 12 months was 1862.4 per 1,000 residents and was 427.2% higher than the Central average (353.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 263 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -64.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 340.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincoln Road (PE4 6AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 250 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | A47 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A47 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A47 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paston Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A47 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A47 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Public order | Lincoln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lincoln Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lincoln Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paston Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lincoln Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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