Crime · Peterborough

Reported crime in Peterborough

Name: Peterborough crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

26,506 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 136 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

26,506

Rate / 1,000

136

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	9,944	38%
Anti social behaviour	4,407	17%
Shoplifting	2,189	8%
Criminal damage and arson	1,970	7%
Public order	1,610	6%
Other theft	1,267	5%
Drugs	1,159	4%
Vehicle crime	1,124	4%
Burglary	842	3%
Other crime	781	3%
Possession of weapons	458	2%
Bicycle theft	323	1%
Robbery	241	1%
Theft from the person	191	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	926	826	759	816	817	796	896	744	827	846	833	858	9944
Anti social behaviour	470	416	330	312	313	327	331	284	404	378	442	400	4407
Shoplifting	237	205	178	152	158	153	158	171	183	226	217	151	2189
Criminal damage and arson	182	177	152	151	153	155	176	149	150	177	164	184	1970
Public order	157	146	143	109	129	111	97	119	137	153	140	169	1610
Other theft	123	105	108	96	92	103	103	91	114	117	101	114	1267
Drugs	67	91	153	127	146	76	92	70	93	90	71	83	1159
Vehicle crime	95	97	144	98	86	64	86	108	103	85	92	66	1124
Burglary	71	71	63	56	68	78	68	65	87	83	74	58	842
Other crime	65	70	54	60	45	71	87	65	61	62	77	64	781
Possession of weapons	32	49	41	36	32	29	45	37	39	34	44	40	458
Bicycle theft	46	29	47	39	23	19	16	14	20	24	28	18	323
Robbery	24	28	18	15	19	8	22	13	22	19	25	28	241
Theft from the person	19	18	18	13	16	16	19	14	7	13	19	19	191
Total	2514	2328	2208	2080	2097	2006	2196	1944	2247	2307	2327	2252	26506

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Peterborough, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 194,846.