Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chaffinch Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Hampton Vale , and the 197th 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 Chaffinch Lane (PE7 8NF) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% higher than the Hampton Vale average (88.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaffinch Lane (PE7 8NF), the main crime hotspot is near Park Home Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chaffinch Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bewick Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Home Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Peregrine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaffinch Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaffinch Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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