Total Crime Rate

43.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 43.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Shackleton Place area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Central Milton Keynes , and the 304th lowest 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 Shackleton Place (MK6 2PJ) in the last 12 months was 43.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.9% lower than the Central Milton Keynes average (359.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shackleton Place (MK6 2PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hutton Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shackleton Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Verity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Fifth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Verity Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hutton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leyland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boycott Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boycott Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sutcliffe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Evans Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Fifth Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hutton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Fifth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary South Seventh Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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