Crime Rates at Church Street, Chesham, HP5 1HU

Church Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Chess Valley , and the 330th 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 Church Street (HP5 1HU) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% higher than the Chess Valley average (70.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (HP5 1HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.