Crime Rate in Abbey, ward

Abbey has the highest crime rate of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire district and the 206th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 30th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Abbey in the last 12 months was 229.4 per 1,000 residents and was 250.9% higher than the Buckinghamshire district average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Abbey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 985 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 26 cases , down -21.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 9.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,385 (≈ 95.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Abbey ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 381 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (148 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.