Total Crime Rate

98.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Ruthven Close area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bletchley East , and the 246th highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ruthven Close (MK2 3PX) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 154.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruthven Close (MK2 3PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunvegan Close, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Diddington Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ruthven Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strangford Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnmoor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunvegan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Dunvegan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunvegan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunvegan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunvegan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnmoor Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rimsdale Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnmoor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burnmoor Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burnmoor Close
Sep 2025Other crime Skene Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skene Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skene Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Diddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diddington Close

Data Sources

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