Total Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cressington Place area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor , and the 586th lowest 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 Cressington Place (SL8 5SL) in the last 12 months was 30.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cressington Place (SL8 5SL), 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.
View Crime In The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sailing Club Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chalklands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Howard Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Waldens Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waldens Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sailing Club Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sailing Club Road | Under investigation |
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