Crime Statistics for Handy Cross, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Handy Cross in August 2024. There were a total of 54 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Handy Cross, 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 Crime18
Other Theft7
Criminal Damage Arson6
Shoplifting6
Anti Social Behaviour5
Public Order5
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
Vehicle Crime1
Drugs1
All Crime54

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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 Handy Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cressex (0.88 miles)100
Marlow Bottom (1.39 miles)93
Marlow (2.49 miles)67
Booker (1.39 miles)56
Handy Cross54
Sands (2.24 miles)51
Little Marlow (1.76 miles)19
Burroughs Grove (0.62 miles)10
Fern (2.24 miles)9
Sheepridge (1.96 miles)8

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Where are the most violent places near Handy Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cressex49
Marlow Bottom35
Marlow25
Sands21
Handy Cross18
Little Marlow9
Burroughs Grove8
Booker7
Fern3
Sheepridge3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Handy Cross?

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 Handy Cross 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 Handy Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Handy Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Handy Cross is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Disraeli48
2Ryemead45
3Abbey43
4Oakridge and Castlefield43
5Bowerdean39
6Sands32
7Chiltern Rise25
8Booker and Cressex25
9Marlow North and West20
10Marlow South East12
11Greater Marlow10

Which road in Handy Cross has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Handy Cross with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
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