Crime Rates at The Birches, March, PE15 8BF

The Birches area has the 17th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in March East , and the 95th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Fenland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Birches (PE15 8BF) in the last 12 months was 91.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% higher than the March East average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Birches (PE15 8BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lake Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Truman Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.