Total Crime Rate

893.7 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 893.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 318.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 199.1 10/10
  • Public order 77.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.9 10/10
  • Other theft 41.9 10/10
  • Robbery 34.4 10/10
  • Burglary 31.4 10/10
  • Drugs 21.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 12.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
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

Desborough Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Abbey , and the 4th 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 Desborough Road (HP11 2PU) in the last 12 months was 893.7 per 1,000 residents and was 289.5% 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 213 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 21.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -34.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 212 (≈ 317.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Desborough Road (HP11 2PU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 324 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Desborough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/84)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bellfield Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Suffield Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Archdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mendy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyatt Close —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mendy Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Mendy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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