Crime Rate in Buckingham West, ward

Buckingham West has the 23rd highest crime rate of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire district and the 3038th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 581st lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Buckingham West in the last 12 months was 55.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.9% lower than the Buckinghamshire district average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Buckingham West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 276 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 345 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Buckingham West ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.