Total Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gurnards Avenue area has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 111 local areas in Broughton , and the 369th highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gurnards Avenue (MK6 2EE) in the last 12 months was 69.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% lower than the Broughton average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gurnards Avenue (MK6 2EE), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Broughton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Porthleven Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porthleven Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Porthleven Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Amelias Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pentewan Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishermead Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishermead Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishermead Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fishermead Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fishermead Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Helford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newlyn Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pencarrow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pencarrow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlyn Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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