Bulstrode Park camp · Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Gerrards Cross stands out for shoplifting: 2.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
It has less violent crime than 80% of UK towns, but less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than only 23%. Gerrards Cross’s overall Safety Grade is B (#17 of 39 in Buckinghamshire): close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally climbed 10% in a year. Its police logs show 14.4 violent and sexual offences and 14.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Gerrards Cross
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% more violent crime per resident in Gerrards Cross than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 430 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people, Gerrards Cross has the 104th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Hartford, Hethersett and Sheringham, higher than Egglescliffe, Marston Moretaine and Sprotbrough. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 41% of Gerrards Cross’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The B for Gerrards Cross, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 676 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Gerrards Cross against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A third of Gerrards Cross residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
41% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Gerrards Cross’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Gerrards Cross runs highest on shoplifting (5.3 per 1,000 against 1.8), vehicle crime (5.7 per 1,000 against 2) and drugs (2.3 per 1,000 against 1). Violence & sexual offences and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 117 | 14.4 | 22.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 46 | 5.7 | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 44 | 5.4 | 8.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 43 | 5.3 | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 37 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 35 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 30 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 19 | 2.3 | 1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 16 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 11 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 6 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Of 430 towns its size, Gerrards Cross is 104th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Wendover Buckinghamshire | 8,729 | 13.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 101 | Egglescliffe County Durham | 10,250 | 18.1 | 10.4 | 12 | B |
| 102 | Marston Moretaine Bedfordshire | 6,350 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 11.2 | B |
| 103 | Sprotbrough South Yorkshire | 7,546 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 6.8 | B |
| 104 | Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire | 8,117 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 10.8 | B |
| 105 | Pheasey West Midlands | 9,498 | 18 | 10.6 | 2.8 | B |
| 106 | Bourne End Buckinghamshire | 7,166 | 20.6 | 8.1 | 5.6 | B |
| 107 | Winnersh Berkshire | 8,904 | 20.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 116 | Olney Buckinghamshire | 6,600 | 21.9 | 7.5 | 8.2 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 137 | Prestwood and Great Missenden Buckinghamshire | 7,600 | 19.6 | 11.2 | 7.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 161 | Farnham Common and Farnham Royal Buckinghamshire | 6,711 | 18 | 14.7 | 10.4 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 430 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Gerrards Cross, and others in Buckinghamshire.
How crime in Gerrards Cross has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +10% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +0% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -10% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour +52% (towns its size +0%).
Police in Gerrards Cross identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 75% of Gerrards Cross’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 17% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (55% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 3% of violent and 2% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 247 crimes.
Crime in Gerrards Cross per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 12 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 10 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Where in Gerrards Cross police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 162 | 56% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 75 | 29% violent |
| Car parks | 72 | 28% homes & vehicles |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 24 | 38% homes & vehicles |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Gerrards Cross. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
One person died in collisions on Gerrards Cross’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 25 collisions with injuries inside Gerrards Cross in five years, in which one person died. 11 people were killed or seriously injured: 3 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Gerrards Cross’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Gerrards Cross had 26.5 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (16.7).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Gerrards Cross’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Gerrards Cross
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | 14.4 | 14.1 | B |
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | 15.6 | 11.9 | B |
| Stoke Poges | 3,920 | 18.1 | 10.5 | B |
| Denham | 1,482 | 23.4 | 19.6 | C |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 18 | 14.7 | B− |
| Iver Heath | 5,150 | 16.5 | 15.9 | B− |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 8.1 | 8.9 | A |
| Maple Cross | 2,580 | 38.8 | 16.8 | C− |
Gerrards Cross records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Chalfont St Peter, 1.9 miles away, records 15.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Gerrards Cross’s 14.4.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Gerrards Cross sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Gerrards Cross
Is Gerrards Cross safe?
Police recorded 14.4 violent and sexual offences and 14.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Gerrards Cross’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 59% of UK towns. Among 430 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people, Gerrards Cross is 104th from the least crime. 41% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Gerrards Cross?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft fell 10% and anti-social behaviour rose 52%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Gerrards Cross?
Violence & sexual offences: 117 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (46) and shoplifting (43), with 44 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Gerrards Cross compare with Hillingdon?
Hillingdon records 33.4 violent and sexual offences and 23 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Gerrards Cross’s 14.4 and 14.1, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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