Peterborough Police Service Report Break-and-Enter Incidents Down 15 Per Cent From Last Year
/The Peterborough Police Service reported 193 break-and-enter incidents from Jan. 1 to Nov. 3 this year, down 29 from the same period last year, a 15 per cent decrease.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
This year, the Peterborough Police Service made 81 arrests in connection with the break-and-enter incidents, up by two from 2025.
Data on home invasions in Peterborough is available for the past three years (2022 -25) and is based on a proposed standardized definition of home invasion, which includes three criteria that must be met – the perpetrators entered the dwelling-house unlawfully, at least one person was home or returned home and at least one perpetrator used or threatened violence. The Crime Analysis Unit of the Peterborough Police Service and the Ministry of the Solicitor General created this definition through a project.
Based on the proposed definition:
56 incidents were identified as meeting the proposed home-invasion definition between 2022 and 2025.
79 per cent involved an assault, while 18% involved stolen property.
54 per cent of incidents resulted in victim injury.
The perpetrator was known to the victim in 74 per cent of incidents.
Only three incidents involved firearms.
There was a notable overlap between home invasions and intimate partner violence: approximately half (51 per cent) of female victims knew the perpetrator through an intimate relationship.
