Total Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Poplars Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Buckingham East , and the 588th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poplars Road (MK18 1BQ) in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% higher than the Buckingham East average (52.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poplars Road (MK18 1BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Poplars Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernardines Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Chandos Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chandos Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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