Total Crime Rate
269.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poppy Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Brimsdown , and the 67th highest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Poppy Drive (EN3 4FF) in the last 12 months was 269.1 per 1,000 residents and was 144.9% higher than the Brimsdown average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poppy Drive (EN3 4FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emilia Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Enfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swansea Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cardiff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swansea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lockhart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockhart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockhart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lockhart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Osprey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southbury | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anglesey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emilia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anglesey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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