Total Crime Rate
703.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queens Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Abbey , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Square (HP11 2BP) in the last 12 months was 703.7 per 1,000 residents and was 206.7% higher than the Abbey average (229.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -72.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 263.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Square (HP11 2BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 316 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.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Paul'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Paul'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Paul'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Benjamin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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