Total Crime Rate

501.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 501.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 96.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 60.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 52.3 10/10
  • Other theft 41.3 10/10
  • Public order 33.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.3 10/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
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

Mortimer Square area has the 9th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Broughton , and the 20th 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 Mortimer Square (MK9 2FB) in the last 12 months was 501.4 per 1,000 residents and was 582.3% higher than the Broughton average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 171.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 148.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Square (MK9 2FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Witan Gate (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mortimer Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Witan Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxon Gate —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saxon Gate —
Sep 2025Other theft Saxon Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Witan Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Witan Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Witan Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Witan Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Witan Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Fourth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Fifth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime North Fifth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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