Postcode · High Wycombe
Crime in HP12 4SU
How much crime is recorded in HP12 4SU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lane End & Booker
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,853 (2024)
HP12 4SUHigh Wycombe
How safe is HP12 4SU
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 25.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP12 4SU area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
83
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 4SUNational
Shoplifting24.68.4
Anti-social behaviour18.210.7
Violence and sexual offences14.723.6
Burglary7.89.1
Vehicle crime7.33.5
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Public order3.44.6
Drugs3.02.4
Other theft2.64.5
Theft from the person1.12.1
Robbery1.01.4
Other crime0.41.5
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.