Crime in Milton Keynes

Police.uk reported crime in Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes. Category breakdown, 24-month trend, and postcode-district hot and cold spots within the town.

Incidents reported (12m)
21,098
+11.9% vs prior year
Window
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
Police.uk reports ~2 months in arrears.
Refreshed
7 May 2026

Crime in Milton Keynes by category

Last 12 months, all 14 Police.uk categories. Bars are scaled to the largest category in Milton Keynes.

Category Incidents % of mix Volume
Violence and sexual offences 7,322 34.7%
Anti-social behaviour 2,602 12.3%
Criminal damage and arson 1,850 8.8%
Public order 1,811 8.6%
Other theft 1,775 8.4%
Vehicle crime 1,764 8.4%
Burglary 872 4.1%
Shoplifting 850 4.0%
Drugs 753 3.6%
Other crime 477 2.3%
Robbery 364 1.7%
Bicycle theft 244 1.2%
Possession of weapons 226 1.1%
Theft from the person 188 0.9%

Where Milton Keynes's crime mix differs from the UK

Top 5 categories where Milton Keynes's 12-month share differs most from the national average. Percentage-point delta. Positive means more concentrated in Milton Keynes than the UK as a whole.

Category Milton Keynes UK Delta
Anti-social behaviour 12.3% 16.3% -4.0 pp
Violence and sexual offences 34.7% 31.7% +3.0 pp
Vehicle crime 8.4% 6.5% +1.9 pp
Theft from the person 0.9% 1.7% -0.8 pp
Public order 8.6% 7.9% +0.7 pp

Monthly incident volume

Nov 2023 to Oct 2025. Police.uk publishes ~2 months in arrears.

2,084 1,042 0 Nov 2023 Oct 2024 Oct 2025
Monthly incident volume
MonthValue
2023-111605
2023-121526
2024-011590
2024-021510
2024-031650
2024-041672
2024-051834
2024-061886
2024-071943
2024-081780
2024-091652
2024-101811
2024-111724
2024-121598
2025-011633
2025-021446
2025-031703
2025-041773
2025-051750
2025-061924
2025-072084
2025-081935
2025-091800
2025-101728

Hottest postcode districts in Milton Keynes

  • MK11 21,098 incidents (12m)
  • MK12 21,098 incidents (12m)
  • MK13 21,098 incidents (12m)
  • MK14 21,098 incidents (12m)
  • MK17 21,098 incidents (12m)

Quietest postcode districts in Milton Keynes

  • MK9 2,347 incidents (12m)
  • MK15 5,088 incidents (12m)
  • MK1 14,926 incidents (12m)
  • MK10 15,590 incidents (12m)
  • MK11 21,098 incidents (12m)

Postcode-district counts use the bounding box of every address in the district, so they're approximate. Treat them as a relative ranking within Milton Keynes rather than an absolute count.

What Milton Keynes crime data isn't

  • Reported, not actual. Many crimes go unreported. The data reflects what reached Police.uk, not the underlying incidence rate.
  • Locations are obfuscated. Each incident is mapped to a snap point within roughly 250 metres of the true location to protect victim privacy.
  • Force-by-force inconsistency. Different police forces classify and record borderline incidents differently. Comparing two areas covered by different forces needs care.
  • Patrol-density bias. Areas with heavier patrol presence record more incidents, partly because more crime is observed and reported.

FAQ

All incidents come from Police.uk, the official open-data feed published by UK police forces. Data is updated monthly. The figures show what was reported and recorded, not necessarily what happened.
Police.uk obfuscates each incident location to a "snap point", typically the centre of the nearest street or a similar landmark within roughly 250 metres. This protects victim privacy. The category and month are accurate; the precise address is intentionally not.
Read them as one signal among many. Anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime are quality-of-life signals. Burglary trends matter for insurance and security. Raw counts reflect both the actual incident rate and how heavily an area is patrolled and reported, so busy commercial streets always look 'worse' than quiet residential ones.
Police.uk publishes about two months in arrears. So crime for January typically appears in March or April. The 12-month window on this page ends with the most recent month available.

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