Crime Rate in Chiltern Villages, ward

Chiltern Villages has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire district and the 657th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 79th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Chiltern Villages in the last 12 months was 28.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% lower than the Buckinghamshire district average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Chiltern Villages’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -55.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 178 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Chiltern Villages ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Clay Lane. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.