Postcode · High Wycombe
Crime in HP13 5UP
How much crime is recorded in HP13 5UP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Downley
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,594 (2024)
How safe is HP13 5UP
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP13 5UP area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
35
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).
HP13 5UPNational
Violence and sexual offences14.523.6
Shoplifting4.58.4
Other theft3.24.5
Public order3.04.6
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Other crime0.91.5
Robbery0.81.4
Drugs0.52.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 48% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.