Total Crime Rate

327.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 327.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 139.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.2 10/10
  • Public order 30.1 10/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Robbery 10.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Market Square area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Marlow , and the 33rd 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 Market Square (SL7 3HH) in the last 12 months was 327.9 per 1,000 residents and was 616.7% higher than the Marlow average (45.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 131.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Square (SL7 3HH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Market Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Institute Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Potts Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Potts Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Portland Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Gardens —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Trinity Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Draymans Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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