Crime Rates at Dashwood Avenue, High Wycombe, HP12 3FG

Dashwood Avenue 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 Dashwood Avenue (HP12 3FG) 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 Dashwood Avenue (HP12 3FG), 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.