Total Crime Rate
224.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bletchley Park , and the 69th highest crime rate of 852 local areas in Milton Keynes .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newton Road (MK3 5BT) in the last 12 months was 224.5 per 1,000 residents and was 191.8% higher than the Bletchley Park average (76.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newton Road (MK3 5BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Place (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Milton Keynes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orchard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Marys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whiteley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byron Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Marys Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Aidans Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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