Total Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highfield Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Abbey , and the 733rd lowest crime rate of 1,629 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Avenue (HP12 4EA) in the last 12 months was 37.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.6% lower than the Abbey average (215.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highfield Avenue (HP12 4EA), the main crime hotspot is near The Coppice. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Wycombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunters Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Squirrel Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edmunds Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Laurels | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Laurels | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fraser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bookerhill Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Highfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highwood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Close | Under investigation |
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