Total Crime Rate
277.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Poplar Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Colnbrook & Poyle , and the 24th highest crime rate of 393 local areas in Slough .
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 Poplar Close (SL3 0PQ) in the last 12 months was 277.9 per 1,000 residents and was 123.4% higher than the Colnbrook & Poyle average (124.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poplar Close (SL3 0PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colndale Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadowbrook Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Colnbrook & Poyle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colndale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Millbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawley Ride | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadowbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadowbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadowbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hawthorns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Millbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Colndale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Colndale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colndale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Close | Under investigation |
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