Total Crime Rate

127.6 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 127.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Faraday Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bletchley West , and the 167th highest crime rate of 855 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 Faraday Drive (MK5 7DD) in the last 12 months was 127.6 per 1,000 residents and was 124.1% higher than the Bletchley West average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 99.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Faraday Drive (MK5 7DD), the main crime hotspot is near Parsons Crescent. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Faraday Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parsons Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parsons Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayer Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Livesey Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Winstanley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edison Square
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parsons Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parsons Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parsons Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Runford Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Volta Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parsons Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parsons Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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