Total Crime Rate
75.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dean Crescent area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hampton Vale , and the 278th lowest crime rate of 627 local areas in Peterborough .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dean Crescent (PE7 8NE) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dean Crescent (PE7 8NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dean Crescent, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wayside Crescent (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hampton Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Four Chimneys Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dean Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dean Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridle Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollowside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollowside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Field Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Justice Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dean Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molyneux Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Four Chimneys Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Four Chimneys Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rustic Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewartby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stewartby Avenue | Under investigation |
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