Total Crime Rate
203.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thistle Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hampton Vale , and the 99th highest crime rate of 627 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 Thistle Close (PE7 3GF) in the last 12 months was 203.5 per 1,000 residents and was 124.5% higher than the Hampton Vale average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 110.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thistle Close (PE7 3GF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitney Drive (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hargate and Hempsted| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitney Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Whitney Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellflower Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellflower Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thistle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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