Postcode · Milton Keynes
Crime in MK5 7BJ
How much crime is recorded in MK5 7BJ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Westcroft & Shenley Brook End
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,838 (2024)
MK5 7BJMilton Keynes
How safe is MK5 7BJ
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the MK5 7BJ 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
20.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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).
MK5 7BJNational
Violence and sexual offences17.023.6
Burglary2.99.1
Public order2.94.6
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Anti-social behaviour2.410.7
Other theft1.94.5
Other crime1.71.5
Criminal damage and arson1.24.7
Drugs1.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.