Total Crime Rate

29.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.4 3/10
  • Violent crimes 21.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Top Birches area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Great Paxton , and the 170th lowest crime rate of 572 local areas in Huntingdonshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Top Birches (PE19 6BD) in the last 12 months was 29.4 per 1,000 residents and was 57.0% lower than the Great Paxton average (68.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 10.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 21.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Top Birches (PE19 6BD), the main crime hotspot is near Station Square. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Top Birches area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bargroves Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Station Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Briar Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briar Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ash Tree Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Fox Covert Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft School Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dixy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pattison Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paddock Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pattison Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Anderson Close —
Apr 2026Other crime Fox Brook Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Great High Ground Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bargroves Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bargroves Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Square —
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Data Sources

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