Total Crime Rate

86.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Violet Way area has the 12th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Yaxley , and the 136th highest crime rate of 569 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 Violet Way (PE7 3WE) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% higher than the Yaxley average (70.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Violet Way (PE7 3WE), the main crime hotspot is near Laburnum Avenue. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Violet Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Oak Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harebell Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rose Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitney Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellflower Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitney Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitney Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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