Total Crime Rate
317.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
207.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mountsteven Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gunthorpe , and the 46th highest crime rate of 627 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 Mountsteven Avenue (PE4 6HT) in the last 12 months was 317.1 per 1,000 residents and was 339.3% higher than the Gunthorpe average (72.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 207.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mountsteven Avenue (PE4 6HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carleton Crest | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baxter Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South View Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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