Crime Statistics for Bretton, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Bretton, Peterborough

There were a total of 189 street level crime incidents in Bretton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bretton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime88
Public Order26
Criminal Damage Arson20
Anti Social Behaviour19
Drugs11
Other Theft8
Possession Of Weapons4
Other Crime3
Burglary3
Shoplifting3
Robbery2
Vehicle Crime1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime189

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bretton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bretton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bretton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bretton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Millfield (1.24 miles)524
New England (1.39 miles)444
Fengate (2.77 miles)367
Paston (2.24 miles)320
Walton (1.39 miles)256
New Fletton (2.63 miles)221
Ravensthorpe189
Bretton189
Longthorpe (1.24 miles)62
Marholm (1.75 miles)0

30.82%
of Bretton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bretton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bretton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Millfield206
New England181
Paston136
Fengate123
Walton94
Ravensthorpe88
Bretton88
New Fletton78
Longthorpe17
Marholm0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bretton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bretton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bretton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bretton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bretton is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1North86
2Bretton85
3Central82
4Orton Longueville82
5Park79
6Paston and Walton78
7Ravensthorpe77
8Fletton and Woodston68
9West53
10Glinton and Castor48
11Werrington32

Which road in Bretton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bretton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Westhawe.

Last updated: January 2024
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