Total Crime Rate

177.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

67.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 177.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 67.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 62.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Spittal Street area has the highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East , and the 96th highest crime rate of 1,629 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

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 Spittal Street (SL7 1DB) in the last 12 months was 177.0 per 1,000 residents and was 267.1% 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 Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 62.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 67.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spittal Street (SL7 1DB), 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.

View Crime In Marlow

Crime Over Time in Spittal Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Shoplifting Potts Place 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 2026Other theft Trinity Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spittal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spittal Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crown Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Trinity Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Potts Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Potts Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Town Lane
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dean Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.