Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.3 10/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Watercress Way area has the 49th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Broughton , and the 299th highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .

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 Watercress Way (MK10 7AJ) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% higher than the Broughton average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watercress Way (MK10 7AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dymchurch Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Halesworth Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Watercress Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bala Lake Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Littlestone Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lancastria Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancastria Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Duffield Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dymchurch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butterton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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