Total Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyndhurst Close area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Downley , and the 636th highest crime rate of 1,629 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lyndhurst Close (HP13 5JD) in the last 12 months was 52.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% lower than the Downley average (64.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyndhurst Close (HP13 5JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gilletts Lane, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langley Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Downley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gilletts Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plomer Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Wycombe Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Red Kite Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilletts Lane | Under investigation |
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