Crime Rates at Yew Tree Lane, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1PU

Yew Tree Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Poynton East and Pott Shrigley , and the 297th highest crime rate of 1,263 local areas in Cheshire East .

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 Yew Tree Lane (SK12 1PU) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% higher than the Poynton East and Pott Shrigley average (43.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 21 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Tree Lane (SK12 1PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickens Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.