Total Crime Rate

2025.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 2025.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 582.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 565.4 10/10
  • Public order 194.1 10/10
  • Other theft 164.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 147.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 130.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 59.1 10/10
  • Burglary 38.0 10/10
  • Drugs 38.0 10/10
  • Robbery 38.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.9 10/10
  • Other crime 12.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Octagon 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.

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Crime Over Time in Octagon Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovecot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Church Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Square
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Abbey Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fair Acre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paul'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Church Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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