Total Crime Rate
2025.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Octagon Court 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 Octagon Court (HP11 2HS) 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 Octagon Court (HP11 2HS), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Abbey Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fair Acre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Church Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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