The Peterborough neighbourhoods with the highest violent and sex crime rates

Latest data shows that violent crime in Peterborough increased by six per cent last year – with more than nine and a half thousand violent offences recorded in the city in 2025.

There was also a 12 per cent rise in sexual offences in Peterborough last year – with just over 1,000 offences recorded.

The ONS data showed that overall, crime in the city rose by about four per cent.

Now data has revealed where the city neighbourhoods are with the highest rate of violent and sexual offences are.

The statistics are shown as the number of offences per 1,000 people, and are for the 12 months from March 2025 to February 2026.

Ravensthorpe’s figures may be skewed by the location of HMP Peterborough within its boundaries.

The data is available at https://peterborough.localinsight.org/