Total Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Wolverton , and the 287th 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 Cambridge Street (MK12 5AE) in the last 12 months was 43.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% lower than the Wolverton average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Street (MK12 5AE), the main crime hotspot is near Buckingham Street. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 100 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wolverton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marina Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radcliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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