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

Saxon Gate West 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 Saxon Gate West (MK9 2HQ) 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 Saxon Gate West (MK9 2HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 553 crimes here, including 137 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Saxon Gate West area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Eighth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Eighth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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