Total Crime Rate

95.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

School Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Downley , and the 293rd highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around School Close (HP13 5TR) in the last 12 months was 95.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% higher than the Downley average (81.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Close (HP13 5TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Avery Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in School Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hithercroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mines Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willoughby'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littleworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hithercroft Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Hithercroft Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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