Total Crime Rate
38.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bowerdean Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Terriers and Amersham Hill , and the 760th 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 Bowerdean Road (HP13 6AZ) in the last 12 months was 38.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% lower than the Terriers and Amersham Hill average (50.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowerdean Road (HP13 6AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Princes Gate, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queens Acre (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Totteridge and Bowerdean| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gordon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowerdean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St George'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Totteridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowerdean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelers Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marks Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marks Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Acre | Under investigation |
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