Total Crime Rate

20.9 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 20.9 2/10
  • Violent crimes 15.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Desborough Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Abbey , and the 343rd lowest crime rate of 1,629 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Desborough Avenue (HP11 2TH) in the last 12 months was 20.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Desborough Avenue (HP11 2TH), the main crime hotspot is near Monty Seymour Grove. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Desborough Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shelburne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monty Seymour Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monty Seymour Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whincup Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ellsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monty Seymour Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Monty Seymour Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monty Seymour Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monty Seymour Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marlow Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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