Total Crime Rate
100.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckingham Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Ryemead and Micklefield , and the 264th 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 Buckingham Drive (HP13 7XS) in the last 12 months was 100.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckingham Drive (HP13 7XS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Micklefield Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farm Close (16 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Buckingham Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buckingham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Buckingham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Micklefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Misbourne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hicks Farm Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colne Road | Under investigation |
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