Total Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kirtle Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chesham , and the 273rd lowest crime rate of 1,637 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 Kirtle Road (HP5 1AD) in the last 12 months was 17.9 per 1,000 residents and was 70.1% lower than the Chesham average (59.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirtle Road (HP5 1AD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chesham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alfred Burt Vc Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Upper Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franchise Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Higham Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franchise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexander Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A416 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eskdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eskdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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