Total Crime Rate
191.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clay Hill area has the 7th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bradwell , and the 86th highest crime rate of 852 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 Clay Hill (MK8 8BA) in the last 12 months was 191.3 per 1,000 residents and was 122.2% higher than the Bradwell average (86.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 10.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 143.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clay Hill (MK8 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kepwick, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Medhurst (24 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 | Drugs | Downland | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corn Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Denmead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Downland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kepwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kepwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kepwick | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kepwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kepwick | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethorpe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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