Total Crime Rate
125.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fryers Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in West Wycombe , and the 177th highest 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 Fryers Lane (HP12 3DU) in the last 12 months was 125.3 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fryers Lane (HP12 3DU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 22 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bevelwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogilvie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogilvie Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bevelwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartlett Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bartlett Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fryers Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fryers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryers Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southfield Road | — |
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