Total Crime Rate

458.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 458.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 175.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 122.1 10/10
  • Public order 38.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.9 9/10
  • Other theft 22.9 10/10
  • Other crime 15.3 10/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Market Square area has the highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Buckingham East , and the 21st highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

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 Market Square (MK18 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 458.0 per 1,000 residents and was 773.4% higher than the Buckingham East average (52.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 160.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Square (MK18 1NJ), 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 Market Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs A422 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A422 —
Sep 2025Robbery Chandos Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chandos Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summerhouse Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Rumbolds Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A422 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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