Postcode · Gerrards Cross
Crime in SL9 8TH
How much crime is recorded in SL9 8TH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chalfont St Peter West
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,362 (2024)
How safe is SL9 8TH
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SL9 8TH 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
17.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
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).
SL9 8THNational
Violence and sexual offences13.323.6
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Other theft3.54.5
Public order2.84.6
Anti-social behaviour2.410.7
Other crime2.11.5
Burglary1.59.1
Drugs0.62.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.