Crime Statistics for New England, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 2024

Crime statistics for New England, Peterborough

There were a total of 444 street level crime incidents in New England in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in New England, 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 Crime181
Anti Social Behaviour55
Shoplifting33
Criminal Damage Arson32
Public Order27
Other Theft24
Vehicle Crime23
Burglary22
Other Crime14
Drugs13
Possession Of Weapons9
Robbery6
Theft From The Person5
All Crime444

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 New England. 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 New England

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Millfield (0.62 miles)524
New England444
Fengate (2.24 miles)367
Paston (0.88 miles)320
Walton (0.88 miles)256
Ravensthorpe (1.39 miles)189
Bretton (1.39 miles)189
Newark (1.96 miles)176
Longthorpe (2.24 miles)62
Marholm (2.55 miles)0

45.39%
of North (Peterborough) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near New England?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to New England 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
Newark66
Longthorpe17
Marholm0

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

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 New England 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 New England compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Dogsthorpe92
2North86
3Bretton85
4Central82
5East80
6Park79
7Paston and Walton78
8Ravensthorpe77
9Eye, Thorney and Newborough68
10Gunthorpe59
11Glinton and Castor48

Which road in New England has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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