Total Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Young Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Aylesbury East , and the 217th 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 Young Close (HP21 7FB) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% lower than the Aylesbury East average (77.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Young Close (HP21 7FB), the main crime hotspot is near Wendover Way. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wendover Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ormesby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairmile | — |
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