Postcode · Princes Risborough
Crime in HP27 9AA
How much crime is recorded in HP27 9AA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Princes Risborough
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,769 (2024)
How safe is HP27 9AA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP27 9AA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
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).
HP27 9AANational
Violence and sexual offences19.323.6
Shoplifting8.38.4
Public order4.64.6
Other theft4.44.5
Anti-social behaviour4.310.7
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Burglary1.99.1
Other crime1.81.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Theft from the person0.92.1
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.41.4
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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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.