Total Crime Rate

116.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gunthorpe 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.

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Crime Over Time in Gunthorpe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladybower Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladybower Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waveney Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ivy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waveney Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladybower Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladybower Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chiltern Rise
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Rise Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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