Total Crime Rate
171.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Buckingham Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Wolverton , and the 103rd 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 Buckingham Street (MK12 5JD) in the last 12 months was 171.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.5% higher than the Wolverton average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 119.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckingham Street (MK12 5JD), the main crime hotspot is near Buckingham Street. Police recorded 121 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Buckingham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windsor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radcliffe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radcliffe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radcliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buckingham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
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