Total Crime Rate

218.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 218.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.7 10/10
  • Other theft 28.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.7 10/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sylvania Gardens area has the 17th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Broughton , and the 75th 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 Sylvania Gardens (MK10 7FF) in the last 12 months was 218.4 per 1,000 residents and was 197.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sylvania Gardens (MK10 7FF), 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 Sylvania Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dymchurch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theseus Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theseus Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancastria Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lancastria Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bala Lake Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fen Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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