Postcode · High Wycombe
Crime in HP12 4NA
How much crime is recorded in HP12 4NA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sands
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,682 (2024)
HP12 4NAHigh Wycombe
How safe is HP12 4NA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 23.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP12 4NA area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
23.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
HP12 4NANational
Violence and sexual offences16.423.6
Anti-social behaviour11.910.7
Drugs7.72.4
Burglary6.89.1
Vehicle crime4.63.5
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Public order3.24.6
Other theft3.04.5
Shoplifting1.18.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Other crime0.71.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 36% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.