Total Crime Rate
220.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in West Wycombe , and the 58th 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 This (HP12 3AP) in the last 12 months was 220.0 per 1,000 residents and was 192.6% higher than the West Wycombe average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 900.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 44 (β 125.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 340.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode HP12 3AP, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birches Rise (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Wycombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartlett Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Desborough Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartlett Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bartlett Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Malvern Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Templeside Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birches Rise | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Close | Under investigation |
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