Total Crime Rate

92.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 92.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 25.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Water Eaton Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bletchley East , and the 272nd 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 Water Eaton Road (MK2 3AQ) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower than the Bletchley East average (133.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Eaton Road (MK2 3AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Buttermere Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water Eaton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eaton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celina Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celina Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buttermere Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Buttermere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harkness Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grasmere Way —
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Data Sources

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