Crime Rate in Bernwood, ward

Bernwood has the 4th lowest crime rate of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire district and the 960th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 128th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bernwood in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% lower than the Buckinghamshire district average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bernwood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 158 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 127.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 191 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bernwood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Banks Road, with 37 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Butte Furlong (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.