Total Crime Rate

122.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 26.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.6 7/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dorchester Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bletchley Park , and the 177th highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dorchester Avenue (MK3 6PQ) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 72.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorchester Avenue (MK3 6PQ), the main crime hotspot is near Bushy Close. Police recorded 29 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 Dorchester Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Angus Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorchester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banburies Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banburies Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spenlows Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lintlaw Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bushy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bushy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bushy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenlaw Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wemyss Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angus Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denbigh Hall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wemyss Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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