Total Crime Rate

98.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Public order 30.8 10/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Lawns area has the 9th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chalfont St Giles , and the 276th 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 The Lawns (HP8 4QL) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 160.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Lawns (HP8 4QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seymour Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middle Meadow (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Lawns area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Town Field Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Up Corner Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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