Total Crime Rate

44.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 44.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.1 2/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bowness Way area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Eye, Thorney and Newborough , and the 162nd lowest crime rate of 631 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 Bowness Way (PE4 7NG) in the last 12 months was 44.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% lower than the Eye, Thorney and Newborough average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowness Way (PE4 7NG), the main crime hotspot is near Freston. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowness Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freston Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freston Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Patterdale Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Freston Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rectors Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brickenden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brickenden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brickenden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Freston —
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Data Sources

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