Total Crime Rate
40.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brent area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Bletchley East , and the 272nd lowest crime rate of 852 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 Brent (MK6 3DL) in the last 12 months was 40.7 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower than the Bletchley East average (136.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brent (MK6 3DL), the main crime hotspot is near Hatton. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Milton Keynes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckby | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penshurst Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penshurst Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckby | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wraxall Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buckby | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadwater | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hatton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broadwater | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Holmfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bascote | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colne | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colne | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penshurst Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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