Total Crime Rate
280.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in West Wycombe , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 1,629 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 This (HP12 3AP) in the last 12 months was 280.0 per 1,000 residents and was 270.1% higher than the West Wycombe average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 157.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode HP12 3AP, the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Wycombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fryers Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birches Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cotswold Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bartlett Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartlett Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheviot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malvern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southfield Road | — |
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