Total Crime Rate

59.7 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 59.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Plover Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Buckingham East , and the 544th 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 Plover Close (MK18 7ES) in the last 12 months was 59.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% higher than the Buckingham East average (52.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plover Close (MK18 7ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plover Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honeycomb Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honeycomb Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Butterfly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Butterfly Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pillow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pillow Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Constance Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constance Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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