Crime Rate in West Wycombe, ward

West Wycombe has the 10th highest crime rate of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire district and the 3033rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 416th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in West Wycombe in the last 12 months was 75.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% higher than the Buckinghamshire district average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West Wycombe’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 292 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 260.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 354 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West Wycombe ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 51 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.