Total Crime Rate
179.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Turners Walk area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chesham , and the 91st highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Turners Walk (HP5 3BT) in the last 12 months was 179.4 per 1,000 residents and was 200.6% higher than the Chesham average (59.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Turners Walk (HP5 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Gladstone Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A416 (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chesham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brockhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexander Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eskdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eskdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Upper Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franchise Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franchise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A416 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alfred Burt Vc Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Higham Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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