Total Crime Rate

642.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 642.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 178.6 10/10
  • Public order 98.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 59.5 10/10
  • Other theft 56.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 53.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 38.7 10/10
  • Drugs 23.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.8 10/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.9 10/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Square area has the 5th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Abbey , and the 10th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Square (HP11 2BN) in the last 12 months was 642.9 per 1,000 residents and was 180.2% higher than the Abbey average (229.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 18.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 279.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Square (HP11 2BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paul'S Row (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crendon Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Frogmoor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Priory Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crendon Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Church Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Church Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Square —
Sep 2025Burglary Crendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kings Court —

Data Sources

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