Total Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westhorpe Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East , and the 812th lowest crime rate of 1,629 local areas in Buckinghamshire .
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 Westhorpe Road (SL7 1LD) in the last 12 months was 41.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% lower 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westhorpe Road (SL7 1LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peacock Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fourth Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kiln Croft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peacock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peacock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peacock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Westhorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newtown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dedmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dedmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dedmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newfield Road | Offender given a caution |
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