Total Crime Rate

92.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 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

Lennon Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Loughton & Shenley , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 855 local areas in Milton Keynes .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lennon Drive (MK8 0AR) in the last 12 months was 92.6 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% higher than the Loughton & Shenley average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lennon Drive (MK8 0AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorsey Close, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mercury Grove (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lennon Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Monro Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Valens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cline Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fury Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fury Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fury Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorsey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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