Total Crime Rate

95.2 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 95.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 4/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 44th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bletchley East , and the 255th highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Eaton Road (MK2 3DA) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% lower than the Bletchley East average (133.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Eaton Road (MK2 3DA), the main crime hotspot is near Findlay Way. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 26 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Birchfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Water Eaton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifford Avenue
Sep 2025Other theft Osborne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bettina Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bettina Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bettina Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duncombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Duncombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baccara Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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