Total Crime Rate
221.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
140.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Towan Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Campbell Park & Old Woughton , and the 70th 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 Towan Avenue (MK6 2DR) in the last 12 months was 221.8 per 1,000 residents and was 163.8% higher than the Campbell Park & Old Woughton average (84.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 140.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Towan Avenue (MK6 2DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kernow Crescent, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Towan Avenue (57 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 | Harrier Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polruan Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Downdean | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downdean | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mullion Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mullion Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perran Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Polruan Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fishermead Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pencarrow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pencarrow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kernow Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kernow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pencarrow Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trispen Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kernow Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fishermead Boulevard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fishermead Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrier Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashby | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishermead Boulevard | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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