Total Crime Rate
206.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashover area has the 16th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Broughton , and the 76th highest crime rate of 852 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 Ashover (MK10 7EA) in the last 12 months was 206.9 per 1,000 residents and was 168.3% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashover (MK10 7EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Centaur Court, where police recorded 23 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 | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenford | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashover | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loughborough Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Causey Arch | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Causey Arch | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Causey Arch | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Doxford Heath | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Castle Row | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Blythebridge | Under investigation |
| 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 | Hulme End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midland Drive | Under investigation |
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