Postcode · Aylesbury
Crime in HP20 2DR
How much crime is recorded in HP20 2DR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Watermead & Elmhurst
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,703 (2024)
HP20 2DRAylesbury
How safe is HP20 2DR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP20 2DR 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
18.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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).
HP20 2DRNational
Violence and sexual offences15.623.6
Anti-social behaviour6.510.7
Other theft6.04.5
Burglary5.39.1
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Public order3.24.6
Other crime2.11.5
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.