Total Crime Rate
130.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spearing Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Booker, Cressex and Castlefield , and the 163rd 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 Spearing Road (HP12 3LB) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spearing Road (HP12 3LB), the main crime hotspot is near Grenfell Avenue. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Booker, Cressex and Castlefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowliff Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenfell Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowliff Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowliff Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowliff Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenfell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grenfell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Juniper Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenfell Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenfell Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chiltern Avenue | Under investigation |
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