Crime Rate in Downley, ward

Downley has the 8th highest crime rate of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire district and the 2627th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 346th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Downley in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% higher than the Buckinghamshire district average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Downley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 353 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 67.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 415 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Downley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 205 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hithercroft Road (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.