Total Crime Rate

146.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 146.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 59.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.9 9/10
  • Other theft 18.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Burglary 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

Pratt Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Eye, Thorney and Newborough , and the 165th 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 Pratt Avenue (PE4 7XN) in the last 12 months was 146.7 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% higher than the Eye, Thorney and Newborough average (73.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pratt Avenue (PE4 7XN), the main crime hotspot is near Freston. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pratt Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rectors Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ringstead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Mardale Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whiston Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowness Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Iliffe Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osbourne Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Patterdale Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Mardale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ringstead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wasdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wasdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wasdale Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wasdale Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mardale Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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