Peterborough

England · E14001425

20,061 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
20,061
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
7,519 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,958/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising7,51937.5%
Anti-social behaviourfalling3,12215.6%
Shopliftingrising1,9329.6%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling1,4817.4%
Public orderfalling1,2446.2%
Other theftfalling9804.9%
Vehicle crimefalling8614.3%
Drugsrising8554.3%
Burglaryrising6023.0%
Other crimefalling5622.8%
Possession of weaponsfalling3241.6%
Bicycle theftfalling2421.2%
Robberyfalling1770.9%
Theft from the personfalling1600.8%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.