Crime Rate in Buckingham East, ward

Buckingham East has the 24th highest crime rate of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire district and the 2818th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 544th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Buckingham East in the last 12 months was 52.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% lower than the Buckinghamshire district average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Buckingham East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 226 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 23.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 279 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Buckingham East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 69 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bridge Street (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.