Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Linnet Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Abbey , and the 337th 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 Linnet Close (HP12 4QJ) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.3% lower than the Abbey average (229.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linnet Close (HP12 4QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Willow Avenue. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Linnet Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booker Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booker Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booker Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willow Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Paddocks Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cressex Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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