Crime Rates at Poppy Close, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3FA

Poppy Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Yaxley , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 572 local areas in Huntingdonshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poppy Close (PE7 3FA) in the last 12 months was 150.3 per 1,000 residents and was 103.8% higher than the Yaxley average (73.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poppy Close (PE7 3FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laburnum Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.