Total Crime Rate
12.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlebrook Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Downley , and the 143rd 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 Middlebrook Road (HP13 5NL) in the last 12 months was 12.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Middlebrook Road (HP13 5NL), the main crime hotspot is near Birches Rise. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Downley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotswold Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tinkers Wood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tinkers Wood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheviot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malvern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotswold Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cotswold Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hithercroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hithercroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hithercroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Pastures | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tinkers Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birches Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeside Gardens | Under investigation |
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