Postcode · Great Missenden
Crime in HP16 0SA
How much crime is recorded in HP16 0SA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Great Missenden & Prestwood
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,527 (2024)
How safe is HP16 0SA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 8.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP16 0SA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
2/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
8.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
15
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).
HP16 0SANational
Burglary5.29.1
Violence and sexual offences3.723.6
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Other theft1.64.5
Anti-social behaviour1.510.7
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Other crime1.01.5
Public order0.74.6
Robbery0.51.4
Drugs0.42.4
Criminal damage and arson0.14.7
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.