Total Crime Rate
50.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mountsteven 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.
View Crime In Gunthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Council Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Council Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Council Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rowledge Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dover Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mountsteven Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountsteven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountsteven Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rowledge Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Close | Under investigation |
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