Total Crime Rate

26.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 26.9 3/10
  • Burglary 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 Lane area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Chalfont St Giles , and the 506th lowest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingales Lane (HP8 4SF) in the last 12 months was 26.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% lower than the Chalfont St Giles average (37.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingales Lane (HP8 4SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highfield, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deadhearn Lane (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingales Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Gorelands Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Deadhearn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightingales Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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