Postcode district · High Wycombe
Crime in HP13
How much crime is recorded in HP13, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 61,849 (2024)
How safe is HP13
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in HP13, broadly in line with 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
29.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
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).
HP13National
Violence and sexual offences23.923.6
Shoplifting10.18.4
Anti-social behaviour6.910.7
Public order5.54.6
Burglary4.99.1
Other theft4.44.5
Criminal damage and arson4.34.7
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Drugs3.22.4
Other crime1.51.5
Robbery1.31.4
Theft from the person1.22.1
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 12% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.