Total Crime Rate

157.7 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 157.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.3 10/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 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

Minerva Gardens area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Danesborough & Walton , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Minerva Gardens (MK7 7SR) in the last 12 months was 157.7 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% higher than the Danesborough & Walton average (84.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Minerva Gardens (MK7 7SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Taranis Close, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ortensia Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Minerva Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gaddesden Crescent —
Sep 2025Drugs Trumpton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaddesden Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaddesden Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gaddesden Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coggeshall Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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