Total Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cecils Yard area has the 30th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Buckingham East , and the 757th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cecils Yard (MK18 1GB) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cecils Yard (MK18 1GB), 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.
View Crime In Buckingham East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A422 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A422 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Macmanus Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A422 | Under investigation |
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