Total Crime Rate

81.6 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 81.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 17.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Waterlow Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope , and the 320th highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterlow Close (MK16 0JS) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% higher than the Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope average (67.0 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterlow Close (MK16 0JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elthorne Way, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petersham Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterlow Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ruskin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petersham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountsfield Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friary Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountsfield Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ruskin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petersham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hyde Close

Data Sources

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