Total Crime Rate

378.2 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 378.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.4 10/10
  • Drugs 67.2 10/10
  • Other theft 50.4 10/10
  • Public order 25.2 10/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Robbery 8.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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 8th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Abbey , and the 25th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Desborough Road (HP11 2QA) in the last 12 months was 378.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% higher than the Abbey average (229.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 151.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 125.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Desborough Road (HP11 2QA), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 62 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Archdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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 Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyatt Close
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landales Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Landales Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Landales Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Suffield Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Local resolution

Data Sources

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