Total Crime Rate

151.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 151.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 49.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nightingales Corner area has the highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chalfont St Giles , and the 123rd 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 Nightingales Corner (HP7 9PY) in the last 12 months was 151.5 per 1,000 residents and was 300.3% higher than the Chalfont St Giles average (37.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingales Corner (HP7 9PY), the main crime hotspot is near Chenies Parade. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingales Corner area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chenies Parade Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Chalfont Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chenies Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beel Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chenies Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chenies Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chenies Parade —
Sep 2025Public order Chalfont Station Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Chalfont Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalfont Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chenies Parade —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brayfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brayfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chenies Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Applefield Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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