Total Crime Rate
501.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mortimer 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.
View Crime In Broughton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Witan Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Saxon Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witan Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Witan Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Witan Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Witan Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Witan Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Fourth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Fifth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | North Fifth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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