Total Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cottesloe Road area has the lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Aylesbury South West , and the 116th 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 Cottesloe Road (HP21 8DP) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.6% lower than the Aylesbury South West average (84.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cottesloe Road (HP21 8DP), the main crime hotspot is near Grenville Green. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Helford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verney Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenville Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenville Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grenville Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grenville Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grenville Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fremantle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thrasher Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taylor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grenville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grenville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claydon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Court | Under investigation |
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