Total Crime Rate
559.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
267.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornmarket area has the 4th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Abbey , and the 12th highest crime rate of 1,629 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 Cornmarket (HP11 2BW) in the last 12 months was 559.5 per 1,000 residents and was 160.2% higher than the Abbey average (215.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 267.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornmarket (HP11 2BW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 233 crimes here, including 107 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Corporation Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A404 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A404 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crendon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Crendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbey Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abbey Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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