Crime Statistics for Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes

There were a total of 558 street level crime incidents in Milton Keynes in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Milton Keynes, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime220
Shoplifting75
Vehicle Crime47
Criminal Damage Arson42
Public Order37
Anti Social Behaviour37
Other Theft36
Drugs15
Theft From The Person13
Bicycle Theft9
Possession Of Weapons8
Other Crime8
Burglary6
Robbery5
All Crime558

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Milton Keynes. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Milton Keynes

We've taken the ten nearest places to Milton Keynes and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Milton Keynes has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Conniburrow558
Milton Keynes558
Fishermead (0.88 miles)530
Neath Hill (0.62 miles)470
Downhead Park (0.88 miles)320
Eaglestone (1.39 miles)290
Oldbrook (1.24 miles)285
Oakgrove (1.39 miles)280
Springfield (1.39 miles)280
Heelands (1.24 miles)218

47.85%
of Central Milton Keynes residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Milton Keynes?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Milton Keynes and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Conniburrow220
Milton Keynes220
Fishermead212
Neath Hill180
Eaglestone138
Oakgrove137
Springfield137
Oldbrook120
Downhead Park108
Heelands100

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Milton Keynes?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Milton Keynes to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Milton Keynes compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Milton Keynes and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Milton Keynes is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Bletchley East76
2Woughton & Fishermead75
3Central Milton Keynes67
4Wolverton63
5Campbell Park & Old Woughton50
6Stantonbury46
7Bradwell41
8Broughton39
9Shenley Brook End38
10Bletchley West37
11Newport Pagnell South28

Which road in Milton Keynes has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Milton Keynes with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Woodruff Avenue.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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