Total Crime Rate

800.0 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 800.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 218.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 145.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 139.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 66.7 10/10
  • Public order 60.6 10/10
  • Drugs 36.4 10/10
  • Other theft 36.4 10/10
  • Robbery 36.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.3 10/10
  • Burglary 12.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Merrivale Mews area has the 5th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Broughton , and the 11th highest crime rate of 855 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 Merrivale Mews (MK9 2FJ) in the last 12 months was 800.0 per 1,000 residents and was 988.7% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 315.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merrivale Mews (MK9 2FJ), 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 Merrivale Mews area

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

Data Sources

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