Total Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kirtle Road area has the lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Chess Valley , and the 16th 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 Kirtle Road (HP5 1AE) in the last 12 months was 3.3 per 1,000 residents and was 95.5% lower than the Chess Valley average (74.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirtle Road (HP5 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Gladstone Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A416 (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eskdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Upper Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Turners Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turners Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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