Buckinghamshire Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Buckinghamshire as of April 2026 is 59 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 26 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Buckinghamshire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Aylesbury is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Milton Keynes, and High Wycombe comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Buckinghamshire, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Shenley Brook End which ranks as the safest area in Buckinghamshire.
Buckinghamshire Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Buckinghamshire represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Buckinghamshire's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Buckinghamshire up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Buckinghamshire's 37,083 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Buckinghamshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Buckinghamshire has a crime risk score of 433. This is based on analysis of 37,083 nearby areas within Buckinghamshire, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Buckinghamshire's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Buckinghamshire, crime risk scores are typically around 433, while in South East they are average 441.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 432 (449 for South East), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 434 (South East 458).
Trends in Crime Risk
Buckinghamshire
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 12% in Buckinghamshire's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Buckinghamshire's crime risk score is down by 8%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Buckinghamshire's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 1.1%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Buckinghamshire
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Buckinghamshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 4.23 reports per 1,000 people in Buckinghamshire, which is 0.98 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 4,291 crime reports logged by Thames Valley Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Thames Valley Police recorded 26,046 reports of Violence and Sexual Offences in Buckinghamshire, resulting in a crime rate of 26 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.85.
The crime rate for Public Order is 0.84 times the national average at 4.89 reports per 1,000. This is from 4,944 crime reports reported to Thames Valley Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Buckinghamshire
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.74 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.67 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 10% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.88 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.70 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 26% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.88 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 6% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Buckinghamshire
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.43 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 0.57 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 25% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.25 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 0.62 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 60% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Buckinghamshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Buckinghamshire | South East | Thames Valley Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 7,186 | 7.11 | 0.50 | 115,500 | 10.87 | 0.77 | 21,026 | 6.84 | 0.48 |
| Bicycle Theft | 439 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 7,315 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 2,899 | 0.95 | 1.30 |
| Burglary | 2,233 | 2.21 | 0.71 | 23,535 | 2.23 | 0.71 | 6,621 | 2.15 | 0.69 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 4,823 | 4.78 | 0.76 | 58,501 | 5.50 | 0.88 | 13,829 | 4.49 | 0.71 |
| Drugs | 2,302 | 2.28 | 0.74 | 25,203 | 2.37 | 0.77 | 6,205 | 2.00 | 0.65 |
| Other Crime | 1,416 | 1.40 | 0.76 | 17,151 | 1.61 | 0.87 | 3,945 | 1.27 | 0.69 |
| Other Theft | 5,425 | 5.37 | 0.94 | 51,336 | 4.84 | 0.85 | 15,130 | 4.91 | 0.86 |
| Possession of Weapons | 410 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 8,736 | 0.81 | 0.95 | 1,203 | 0.38 | 0.45 |
| Public Order | 4,944 | 4.89 | 0.84 | 54,745 | 5.15 | 0.89 | 14,919 | 4.85 | 0.84 |
| Robbery | 744 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 7,588 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 2,172 | 0.71 | 0.60 |
| Shoplifting | 6,023 | 5.97 | 0.84 | 72,983 | 6.88 | 0.96 | 18,161 | 5.91 | 0.83 |
| Theft From the Person | 435 | 0.44 | 0.28 | 4,668 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 1,666 | 0.53 | 0.34 |
| Vehicle Crime | 4,291 | 4.23 | 0.98 | 34,099 | 3.22 | 0.75 | 11,115 | 3.60 | 0.84 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 26,046 | 25.77 | 0.85 | 286,815 | 26.98 | 0.89 | 74,179 | 24.14 | 0.79 |
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Total Crime by Year
Buckinghamshire | South East | Thames Valley Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 59,531 | 58.93 | 0.82 | 652,675 | 61.44 | 0.85 | 172,044 | 55.89 | 0.78 |
| 2025 | 59,766 | 59.70 | 0.81 | 670,274 | 63.35 | 0.86 | 173,732 | 56.79 | 0.77 |
| 2024 | 60,359 | 60.92 | 0.81 | 690,903 | 65.86 | 0.87 | 178,340 | 58.87 | 0.78 |
| 2023 | 65,049 | 66.50 | 0.84 | 713,547 | 68.83 | 0.87 | 191,101 | 63.79 | 0.81 |
| 2022 | 61,059 | 63.22 | 0.82 | 704,444 | 68.58 | 0.89 | 181,237 | 61.32 | 0.80 |
| 2021 | 53,261 | 55.62 | 0.81 | 625,484 | 61.36 | 0.89 | 157,332 | 53.68 | 0.78 |
| 2020 | 53,054 | 55.94 | 0.75 | 669,219 | 65.97 | 0.89 | 152,941 | 52.49 | 0.71 |
| 2019 | 51,386 | 54.12 | 0.71 | 666,505 | 65.82 | 0.86 | 150,557 | 51.90 | 0.68 |
| 2018 | 46,401 | 49.01 | 0.69 | 644,142 | 63.85 | 0.90 | 138,125 | 47.73 | 0.67 |
| 2017 | 42,737 | 45.46 | 0.71 | 552,696 | 55.04 | 0.86 | 131,422 | 45.80 | 0.72 |
| 2016 | 13,443 | 14.37 | 0.75 | 160,273 | 15.99 | 0.84 | 39,501 | 13.80 | 0.72 |
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The Buckinghamshire Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Buckinghamshire has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Police Station Central Milton Keynes | 164 | ||||||||
| Hospital Woughton on the Green | 77 | ||||||||
| Bus/Coach Station High Wycombe | 61 | ||||||||
| Wimborne Crescent Shenley Brook End | 57 | ||||||||
| Beddoes Croft Shenley Church End | 55 | ||||||||
| Haydon Road Aylesbury | 52 | ||||||||
| Petrol Station Bletchley and Fenny Stratford | 44 | ||||||||
| Hollin Lane Wolverton and Greenleys | 37 | ||||||||
| Patriot Drive Bradwell | 35 | ||||||||
| Hendon Court Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow | 33 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Woughton on the Green | 2,341 | 170.44 | 2.41 | ||||||
| Bletchley and Fenny Stratford | 3,008 | 113.06 | 1.59 | ||||||
| Campbell Park | 1,557 | 93.30 | 1.32 | ||||||
| Wolverton and Greenleys | 1,526 | 88.51 | 1.26 | ||||||
| Aylesbury | 6,399 | 87.22 | 1.21 | ||||||
| Bradwell | 817 | 79.85 | 1.19 | ||||||
| High Wycombe | 7,422 | 73.62 | 1.02 | ||||||
| Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow | 799 | 71.86 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Stony Stratford | 581 | 70.48 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Great Linford | 1,677 | 68.07 | 0.97 | ||||||
| Burnham | 944 | 65.96 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Shenley Church End | 986 | 61.86 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Iver | 779 | 61.29 | 0.89 | ||||||
| Milton Keynes | 616 | 59.67 | 0.89 | ||||||
| Chesham | 1,487 | 57.57 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Denham | 647 | 55.80 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Broughton | 710 | 55.74 | 0.84 | ||||||
| West Bletchley | 1,346 | 55.74 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Stantonbury | 854 | 54.81 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Beaconsfield | 793 | 54.37 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Shenley Brook End | 1,548 | 53.63 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Walton | 725 | 50.73 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Newport Pagnell | 746 | 43.69 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Buckingham | 710 | 43.66 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Princes Risborough | 401 | 41.77 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Amersham | 734 | 40.06 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Gerrards Cross | 360 | 38.43 | 0.61 | ||||||
| Wooburn | 548 | 37.00 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Great Missenden | 357 | 35.47 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Chalfont St. Peter | 530 | 34.77 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Marlow | 749 | 34.36 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Wendover | 281 | 31.75 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Chepping Wycombe | 534 | 31.35 | 0.48 | ||||||
| Hazlemere | 305 | 31.28 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Hughenden | 218 | 24.19 | 0.44 | ||||||
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