Total Crime Rate

130.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Public order 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Spearing 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.

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Crime Over Time in Spearing Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowliff Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenfell Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grenfell Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grenfell Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenfell Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenfell Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Chiltern Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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