Total Crime Rate

47.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 17.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cathwaite area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 168th lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cathwaite (PE4 7BE) in the last 12 months was 47.4 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% lower than the Dogsthorpe average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cathwaite (PE4 7BE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cathwaite area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chadburn Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cathwaite Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Cathwaite Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cathwaite Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cathwaite Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cathwaite Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cathwaite Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cathwaite Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cathwaite —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rectors Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cathwaite —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Topmoor Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Topmoor Way —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Honeyhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chadburn Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chadburn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chadburn Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Winterton Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Honeyhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chadburn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Honeyhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Honeyhill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Chadburn Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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