Postcode · Chesham
Crime in HP5 2SN
How much crime is recorded in HP5 2SN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hyde Heath, Bellingdon & Latimer
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,290 (2024)
How safe is HP5 2SN
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HP5 2SN 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
17.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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).
HP5 2SNNational
Burglary15.49.1
Violence and sexual offences11.523.6
Other theft3.14.5
Public order2.84.6
Anti-social behaviour2.510.7
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Other crime0.61.5
Criminal damage and arson0.64.7
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.