Total Crime Rate

191.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 191.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Abercromby Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in West Wycombe , and the 79th 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 Abercromby Avenue (HP12 3BN) in the last 12 months was 191.1 per 1,000 residents and was 154.2% higher than the West Wycombe average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 112.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 153.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abercromby Avenue (HP12 3BN), the main crime hotspot is near Birches Rise. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abercromby Avenue area

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

Data Sources

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