Total Crime Rate
82.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wistmans area has the 18th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bletchley West , and the 320th highest crime rate of 852 local areas in Milton Keynes .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wistmans (MK4 1LB) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% higher than the Bletchley West average (60.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wistmans (MK4 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nettlecombe, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radworthy (25 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Exebridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nettlecombe | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Croydon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croydon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exebridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exebridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exebridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bickleigh Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buzzacott Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Muddiford Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radworthy | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Loxbeare Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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