Total Crime Rate
26.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Holt area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hampton Vale , and the 68th lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Holt (PE7 8AP) in the last 12 months was 26.7 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% lower than the Hampton Vale average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Holt (PE7 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Morborn Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hargate and Hempsted| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morborn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothbart Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Morborn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Morborn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morborn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morborn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morborn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morborn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morborn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Morborn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croft Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brickberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brickberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Charlotte Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beaumont Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Buckthorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calcot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dragon Fly Close | — |
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