Total Crime Rate
732.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
308.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Abbey , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,629 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 Oxford Street (HP11 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 732.0 per 1,000 residents and was 240.4% higher than the Abbey average (215.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -69.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 206 (≈ 308.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (HP11 2DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 269 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (106 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Street | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbey Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Paul'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Paul'S Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
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