Total Crime Rate

60.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Willows area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Booker, Cressex and Castlefield , and the 525th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Willows (HP12 3BA) in the last 12 months was 60.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% lower than the Booker, Cressex and Castlefield average (101.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Willows (HP12 3BA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in The Willows area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Lindsay Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Malvern Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bartlett Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ogilvie Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grafton Street
Sep 2025Public order Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malvern Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlett Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Desborough Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheviot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cheviot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copy Ground Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tavistock Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birches Rise
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lindsay Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lindsay Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lindsay Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bartlett Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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