Total Crime Rate
123.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gayhurst Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Ryemead and Micklefield , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 1,629 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 Gayhurst Road (HP13 7XE) in the last 12 months was 123.5 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% higher than the Ryemead and Micklefield average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gayhurst Road (HP13 7XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodside Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welles Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ryemead and Micklefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hicks Farm Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Welles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilling Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilling Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buckingham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Farm Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Farm Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Farm Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hicks Farm Rise | Under investigation |
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