Crime Rates at Waterside, Chesham, HP5 1PY

Waterside area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Chess Valley , and the 180th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterside (HP5 1PY) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% higher than the Chess Valley average (70.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside (HP5 1PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springfield Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pheasant Rise (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.