Total Crime Rate
338.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
175.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pound Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Marlow , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 1,629 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 Pound Lane (SL7 2AE) in the last 12 months was 338.8 per 1,000 residents and was 587.6% higher than the Marlow average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 175.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pound Lane (SL7 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Causeway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Portland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Potts Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Potts Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Potts Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Town Lane | — |
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