Total Crime Rate
35.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairhaven area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hampton Vale , and the 110th 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 Fairhaven (PE7 8RF) in the last 12 months was 35.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairhaven (PE7 8RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterhouse Way, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morton Close (24 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 | Adlington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairhaven | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clovelly Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berrington View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairhaven | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairhaven | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairhaven | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairhaven | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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