Total Crime Rate
115.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Chess Valley , and the 210th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (HP5 1EP) in the last 12 months was 115.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% higher than the Chess Valley average (70.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (HP5 1EP), 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 Chess Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meades Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Red Lion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blucher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Germain Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Town Bridge Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albany Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blucher Street | Under investigation |
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