Crime Rates at Sharrow Vale, High Wycombe, HP12 3HB

Sharrow Vale area has the 17th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Booker, Cressex and Castlefield , and the 261st highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sharrow Vale (HP12 3HB) in the last 12 months was 101.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% lower than the Booker, Cressex and Castlefield average (101.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sharrow Vale (HP12 3HB), the main crime hotspot is near Oakridge Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.