Total Crime Rate
32.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highgate Over area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Monkston , and the 197th 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 Highgate Over (MK7 7LA) in the last 12 months was 32.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% lower than the Monkston average (81.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate Over (MK7 7LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Felbridge, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Groundsel Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Milton Keynes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twinflower | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Badgers Oak | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shernfold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calamus Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tenterden Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenterden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goudhurst Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shernfold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calamus Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Studley Knapp | Under investigation |
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