Total Crime Rate
83.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025East Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Totteridge and Bowerdean , and the 350th 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 East Drive (HP13 6JN) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% higher than the Totteridge and Bowerdean average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 132.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Drive (HP13 6JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Firs Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Drive (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Totteridge and Bowerdean| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Totteridge Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | South Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | South Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walton Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Uplands Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Keen'S Close | — |
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