Crime Rates at Whitby Avenue, Eye, Peterborough, PE6 7AX

Whitby Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Eye, Thorney and Newborough , and the 24th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in Peterborough .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitby Avenue (PE6 7AX) in the last 12 months was 401.2 per 1,000 residents and was 526.2% higher 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 Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 77.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitby Avenue (PE6 7AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crowland Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pershore Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.