Total Crime Rate

54.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 54.2 5/10
  • Violent crimes 27.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Brent Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor , and the 600th highest crime rate of 1,629 local areas in Buckinghamshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brent Road (SL8 5LU) in the last 12 months was 54.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% higher than the The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor average (52.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brent Road (SL8 5LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Howard Court (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Roman Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burnham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bramley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chalklands Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Waldens Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Waldens Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Howard Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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