Total Crime Rate
338.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Marlow , and the 30th highest crime rate of 1,637 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SL7 1AW) in the last 12 months was 338.8 per 1,000 residents and was 640.5% higher than the Marlow average (45.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 155.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SL7 1AW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Marlow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Potts Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Portland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Portland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Portland Gardens | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Institute Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Trinity Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Potts Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Draymans Lane | Under investigation |
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