Total Crime Rate
167.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cathwaite area has the 12th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 141st highest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cathwaite (PE4 7BD) in the last 12 months was 167.5 per 1,000 residents and was 66.2% higher than the Dogsthorpe average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cathwaite (PE4 7BD), the main crime hotspot is near Chadburn. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peterborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chadburn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathwaite | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cathwaite | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathwaite | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathwaite | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathwaite | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathwaite | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Topmoor Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Topmoor Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cathwaite | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chadburn | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winterton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathwaite | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winterton | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chadburn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chadburn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chadburn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadburn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chadburn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Honeyhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Honeyhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Honeyhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Honeyhill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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