Total Crime Rate

169.5 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 169.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Drugs 29.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.5 8/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Waterside area has the 17th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Campbell Park & Old Woughton , and the 109th 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 Waterside (MK6 3DG) in the last 12 months was 169.5 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% higher than the Campbell Park & Old Woughton average (86.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside (MK6 3DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterside, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ambridge Grove (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Buckingham Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawkmoor Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambridge Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambridge Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chadds Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chadds Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hillyer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillyer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillyer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawkmoor Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeeves Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Troutbeck Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotsfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ambridge Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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