Total Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bookerhill Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in West Wycombe , and the 516th highest 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 Bookerhill Road (HP12 4EX) in the last 12 months was 61.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% lower than the West Wycombe average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bookerhill Road (HP12 4EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mentmore Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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 | Anti-social behaviour | Highwood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Highfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Squirrel Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bookerhill Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fraser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edmunds Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
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