Crime Rates at Catkin Close, High Wycombe, HP12 4UZ

Catkin 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 Catkin Close (HP12 4UZ) 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 Catkin Close (HP12 4UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Avenue, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shrimpton Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.