Total Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lavender Hill area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 111 local areas in Broughton , and the 236th lowest crime rate of 852 local areas in Milton Keynes .
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 Lavender Hill (MK10 7AA) in the last 12 months was 37.0 per 1,000 residents and was 52.0% lower than the Broughton average (77.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lavender Hill (MK10 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashover, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Primrose Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broughton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loughborough Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvania Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Star Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Star Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashover | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southwold Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loughborough Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hulme End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Causey Arch | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwold Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvania Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Castle Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Castle Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Causey Arch | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Doxford Heath | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blythebridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Causey Arch | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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