Total Crime Rate
299.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Desborough Park Road area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in West Wycombe , and the 40th 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 Desborough Park Road (HP12 3EF) in the last 12 months was 299.5 per 1,000 residents and was 298.3% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 116.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 82.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Desborough Park Road (HP12 3EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fryers Lane, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grafton Street (21 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 | Public order | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lindsay Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Desborough Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copy Ground Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lindsay Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lindsay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lindsay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tavistock Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogilvie Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bartlett Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartlett Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartlett Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle View Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Whitelands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Booker Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushey Close | Under investigation |
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