Total Crime Rate
150.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peterborough Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Hackbridge , and the 66th highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Sutton .
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 Peterborough Road (SM5 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 150.5 per 1,000 residents and was 117.4% higher than the Hackbridge average (69.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peterborough Road (SM5 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Pipewell Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Helier East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Selby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarr Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishopsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pollard Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alphabet Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Olveston Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Olveston Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pershore Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pollard Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bishopsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishopsford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pipewell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pipewell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pipewell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stoneleigh Road | Under investigation |
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