Total Crime Rate

69.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 69.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Gurnards 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.

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Crime Over Time in Gurnards Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penryn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Porthleven Place
Sep 2025Other theft Porthleven Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Porthleven Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amelias Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pentewan Gate
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fishermead Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fishermead Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fishermead Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fishermead Boulevard
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fishermead Boulevard
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Helford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newlyn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pencarrow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pencarrow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newlyn Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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