Total Crime Rate
116.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gunthorpe Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Dogsthorpe , and the 216th highest crime rate of 631 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 Gunthorpe Road (PE4 7TP) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% higher than the Dogsthorpe average (105.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gunthorpe Road (PE4 7TP), the main crime hotspot is near Waveney Grove. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dogsthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladybower Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladybower Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ivy Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladybower Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladybower Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chiltern Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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