Total Crime Rate
2025.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bull Lane area has the highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Abbey , and the 2nd 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 Bull Lane (HP11 2DL) in the last 12 months was 2025.3 per 1,000 residents and was 782.7% 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 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 190 (≈ 801.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bull Lane (HP11 2DL), 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 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Temple End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Temple End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Temple End | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
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