Total Crime Rate

204.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 204.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.2 9/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Robbery 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.3 7/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Shackleton Place area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Central Milton Keynes , and the 85th 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 Shackleton Place (MK6 2PT) in the last 12 months was 204.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shackleton Place (MK6 2PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Appleyard Place, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Illingworth Place (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 (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hutton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Illingworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary South Seventh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sutcliffe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Verity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Verity Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dexter Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Evans Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hutton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boycott Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boycott Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leyland Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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