Crime Rates at Inkerman Terrace, Waterside, Chesham, HP5 1QA

Inkerman Terrace area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Chess Valley , and the 309th 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 Inkerman Terrace (HP5 1QA) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% higher than the Chess Valley average (70.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Inkerman Terrace (HP5 1QA), 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.