Total Crime Rate

50.8 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 50.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.1 10/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 11th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gunthorpe , and the 189th 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 6HP) in the last 12 months was 50.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Gunthorpe average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 137.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountsteven Avenue (PE4 6HP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 250 crimes here, including 34 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 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Council Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balmoral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Council Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Council Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowledge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mountsteven Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountsteven Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountsteven Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frederick Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowledge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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