Total Crime Rate
59.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pickering Drive area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bletchley West , and the 420th lowest crime rate of 852 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 Pickering Drive (MK4 2EX) in the last 12 months was 59.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pickering Drive (MK4 2EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holton Hill, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fadmoor Place (5 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 theft | Ellerburn Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkshead Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rillington Gardens | — |
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