Total Crime Rate

98.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 36.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Other theft 22.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Drugs 11.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Institute Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East , and the 271st highest crime rate of 1,629 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

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 Institute Road (SL7 1BB) in the last 12 months was 98.9 per 1,000 residents and was 105.1% higher than the Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Institute Road (SL7 1BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portland Gardens (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Institute Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Shoplifting Potts Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Peter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portland Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Portland Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portland Gardens
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spittal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spittal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crown Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Causeway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Potts Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Potts Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Town Lane

Data Sources

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