Peterborough violent crime statistics

As of March 2026, the annual crime rate in Peterborough postcode area stands at 39.5 crimes per 1000 people. Peterborough's current crime levels are at 111% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 38.1% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. Violent crime totalled 34.3k representing an increase 3.3% year-over-year.

Peterborough violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Peterborough postcode areacrime statisticEngland & Wales
39.5annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.4
111%ratio of national crime rate100%
38.1% share of all crimes35.3%
34.3kcrimes reported2.0M
3.3%annual change1.6%

Peterborough violent crime rate comparison map

Peterborough violent crime rate comparison map
Postcode sectorCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
PE1 1191%68877
PE1 2192%68904
PE1 3190%67705
PE1 4234%83934
PE1 5108%38674
PE10 093%33254
PE10 977%27316
PE11 1131%47402
PE11 2126%45557
PE11 378%27381
PE11 478%28220
PE12 071%25131
PE12 679%28263
PE12 7155%55369
PE12 854%19118
PE12 995%34355
PE13 1158%56305
PE13 2193%68517
PE13 3150%53505
PE13 493%33181
PE13 580%29121
PE14 0122%43334
PE14 784%30175
PE14 8114%41188
PE14 976%2793
PE15 0114%40371
PE15 8126%45481
PE15 9113%40334
PE16 699%35308
PE19 1110%39252
PE19 281%29236
PE19 556%20101
PE19 6140%49290
PE19 741%1451
PE19 878%28209
PE2 5154%54641
PE2 625%990
PE2 761%2289
PE2 8198%70778
PE2 9195%69506
PE20 1102%36205
PE20 266%2358
PE20 369%25105
PE21 0113%40295
PE21 6178%63390
PE21 7109%39372
PE21 8188%67786
PE21 972%26246
PE22 049%1793
PE22 761%2263
PE22 864%2376
PE22 988%31116
PE23 433%1228
PE23 5102%36216
PE24 476%2797
PE24 5137%48315
PE25 1266%94773
PE25 2238%85670
PE25 3187%66486
PE26 1150%53252
PE26 293%33145
PE27 354%19135
PE27 439%1436
PE27 579%28185
PE27 6115%41119
PE28 049%18128
PE28 278%28240
PE28 387%31217
PE28 468%24268
PE28 570%25161
PE28 971%25121
PE29 1110%39326
PE29 2117%42231
PE29 3117%41314
PE29 675%26206
PE29 7111%39209
PE3 6109%39339
PE3 7295%105762
PE3 8136%48360
PE3 9132%47554
PE30 1135%48380
PE30 2168%59497
PE30 360%21199
PE30 4134%47644
PE30 5149%53529
PE31 635%1291
PE31 757%20127
PE31 848%1778
PE32 167%24175
PE32 249%1794
PE33 057%20129
PE33 928%10100
PE34 388%31192
PE34 490%32203
PE35 625%92
PE36 581%29117
PE36 649%1743
PE37 798%35244
PE37 894%3396
PE38 088%31114
PE38 973%26239
PE4 591%32117
PE4 6128%45489
PE4 7192%68537
PE5 786%3033
PE6 0160%57295
PE6 793%33254
PE6 867%24257
PE6 942%1572
PE7 098%3562
PE7 1134%47457
PE7 257%2063
PE7 3127%45563
PE7 8201%71634
PE8 444%1595
PE8 530%1138
PE8 649%17135
PE9 1101%36275
PE9 254%19204
PE9 351%18105
PE9 428%1048

Peterborough violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Peterborough postcode area has the 33. highest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas

Peterborough violent crime rate rank

Peterborough violent crime rate compared to other areas

Violent crime totalled 34.3k representing an increase 3.3% year-over-year. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between March 2025 - February 2026 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.

+3.3% annual change, crime is increasing

34.3k crimes reported

Peterborough violent crime rate compared to other areasCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Peterborough violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to February 2026.

Peterborough violent crime volume

Peterborough violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Peterborough violent crime rate

Peterborough violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Peterborough violent crime seasonality

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Crime Statistics Detail for Peterborough postcode area
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