Crime Rates at Desborough Avenue, High Wycombe, HP11 2RS

Desborough Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Abbey , and the 16th highest crime rate of 1,629 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 Avenue (HP11 2RS) in the last 12 months was 504.2 per 1,000 residents and was 134.5% higher than the Abbey average (215.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 218.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Desborough Avenue (HP11 2RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.