Total Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Post Office Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Buxton , and the 112th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Broadland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Post Office Road (NR12 7AB) in the last 12 months was 51.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% lower than the Buxton average (59.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Post Office Road (NR12 7AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashley Drive (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Post Office Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Post Office Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Field Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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