Total Crime Rate

118.3 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 118.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Cottingham Grove area has the 7th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bletchley Park , and the 192nd 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 Cottingham Grove (MK3 5AX) in the last 12 months was 118.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% higher than the Bletchley Park average (78.7 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottingham Grove (MK3 5AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wilton Avenue, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Robinson Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cottingham Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Masefield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gilbert Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Robinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Girton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Avenue —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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