Total Crime Rate

60.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mountsteven Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gunthorpe , and the 235th lowest crime rate of 631 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 Mountsteven Avenue (PE4 6HN) in the last 12 months was 60.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% lower than the Gunthorpe average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountsteven Avenue (PE4 6HN), the main crime hotspot is near Dover Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mountsteven Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountsteven Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brookside
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croyland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croyland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croyland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dover Road
Sep 2025Burglary Dover Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountsteven Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mountsteven Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holland Avenue

Data Sources

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