Total Crime Rate

299.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 299.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.7 10/10
  • Other theft 30.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Desborough 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.

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Crime Over Time in Desborough Park Road area

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

Data Sources

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