Overview of Buckinghamshire crime rate
The most prevalent crimes in Buckinghamshire are Violence and sexual offences (39.3%), Vehicle crime (8.9%), and Anti-social behaviour (8.9%). On the lower end of the spectrum, Bicycle theft (0.9%), Possession of weapons (0.7%), and Robbery (0.6%) occur least frequently.
Buckinghamshire is divided into 49 wards, with Abbey (245.0), Aylesbury North (183.5), and Aylesbury North West (129.9) experiencing the highest crime rates. The most secure wards are Great Brickhill (34.6), Grendon Underwood (33.9), and Ridgeway East (30.3).
Reviewing postcode districts within Buckinghamshire, HP11 (224.5), HP20 (171.8), and MK1 (160.1) report the highest crime rates, while HP8 (33.3), HP17 (26.2), and OX9 (25.4) are the safest.
Buckinghamshire crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 15099 (39.3)%
- Vehicle crime – 3407 (8.9)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 3404 (8.9)%
- Other theft – 3378 (8.8)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 3257 (8.5)%
- Public order – 3214 (8.4)%
- Shoplifting – 2056 (5.3)%
- Burglary – 1683 (4.4)%
- Drugs – 901 (2.3)%
- Other crime – 737 (1.9)%
- Theft from the person – 483 (1.3)%
- Bicycle theft – 336 (0.9)%
- Possession of weapons – 258 (0.7)%
- Robbery – 247 (0.6)%
How does Buckinghamshire compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Buckinghamshire is compared against
Crime rates in Buckinghamshire wards
There are 49 wards within Buckinghamshire. Abbey (Buckinghamshire), Aylesbury North, Aylesbury North West has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 49 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Abbey (Buckinghamshire) (245.0)
- Aylesbury North (183.5)
- Aylesbury North West (129.9)
- Booker, Cressex and Castlefield (123.1)
- Cliveden (103.4)
- Stoke Poges and Wexham (91.2)
- Ryemead and Micklefield (87.0)
- Denham (86.1)
- Aylesbury South West (86.0)
- Chess Valley (84.0)
- Aylesbury East (80.8)
- Iver (72.6)
- Tylers Green and Loudwater (71.2)
- Buckingham West (70.8)
- Aylesbury South East (70.4)
- West Wycombe (70.4)
- Downley (69.8)
- Beaconsfield (68.3)
- The Risboroughs (67.7)
- Totteridge and Bowerdean (66.3)
- Buckingham East (64.7)
- Marlow (63.7)
- Terriers and Amersham Hill (63.6)
- Aylesbury West (63.0)
- Farnham Common and Burnham Beeches (62.0)
- The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor (59.9)
- Gerrards Cross (58.9)
- Chesham (58.8)
- Stone and Waddesdon (55.4)
- Penn Wood and Old Amersham (54.4)
- Amersham and Chesham Bois (51.7)
- Chalfont St Peter (50.1)
- Great Missenden (49.5)
- Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville (48.9)
- Wing (46.6)
- Aston Clinton and Bierton (46.5)
- Hazlemere (45.1)
- Winslow (44.7)
- Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East (44.6)
- Little Chalfont and Amersham Common (43.9)
- Chalfont St Giles (43.8)
- Chiltern Villages (38.9)
- Chiltern Ridges (37.8)
- Bernwood (37.3)
- Ridgeway West (37.0)
- Ivinghoe (36.3)
- Great Brickhill (34.6)
- Grendon Underwood (33.9)
- Ridgeway East (30.3)
Analyze trends and crime types for Buckinghamshire wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Buckinghamshire
There are 53 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Buckinghamshire. Highest crime rates in HP11, HP20, MK1 .
- HP11 – 224.5
- HP20 – 171.8
- MK1 – 160.1
- UB8 – 158.0
- SL1 – 135.7
- MK2 – 125.7
- OX33 – 125.5
- HP27 – 110.0
- OX27 – 102.6
- SL3 – 101.5
- HP19 – 98.8
- HP12 – 92.3
- SL2 – 90.6
- UB9 – 84.9
- SL4 – 84.2
- SL0 – 80.9
- OX49 – 78.5
- HP13 – 75.8
- MK17 – 75.2
- SL6 – 73.0
- HP21 – 72.9
- OX39 – 68.8
- MK3 – 67.4
- LU7 – 67.3
- HP5 – 66.2
- OX14 – 64.1
- LU6 – 62.8
- HP7 – 61.0
- OX11 – 60.7
- WD3 – 60.4
- HP9 – 59.0
- OX2 – 58.9
- MK18 – 57.8
- HP23 – 56.6
- RG9 – 56.6
- SL9 – 55.1
- SL7 – 54.7
- HP10 – 53.5
- SL8 – 51.1
- HP4 – 48.4
- NN12 – 47.4
- HP6 – 47.1
- OX5 – 46.9
- MK19 – 46.2
- HP22 – 45.7
- HP16 – 44.0
- HP18 – 43.9
- HP15 – 42.5
- NN13 – 41.4
- HP14 – 39.8
- HP8 – 33.3
- HP17 – 26.2
- OX9 – 25.4
Postcode districts in Buckinghamshire
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