Total Crime Rate
74.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gainsborough Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Aston Clinton and Bierton , and the 410th highest 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 Gainsborough Road (HP21 9AZ) in the last 12 months was 74.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% higher than the Aston Clinton and Bierton average (53.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gainsborough Road (HP21 9AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rutherford Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stoke Farm Lane (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prothero Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winterton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fremantle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baynton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutherford Road | Under investigation |
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