The Bucks Free Press can reveal the Wycombe neighbourhood which is a hotbed for violent and sexual crime.
This paper’s analysis of more than 7,000 reported crimes across the town has exposed the most dangerous and crime-plagued neighbourhood in Wycombe.
Hotpots of criminality have been identified by comparing crime report figures in "LSOA areas" - or neighbourhoods - between March and August this year with Census population data.
This analysis puts the southern side of central High Wycombe, and streets around Marlow Hill and Desborough Avenue, as the place you should avoid if you are alone – with the most recorded violent and sexual crimes.
The data from Thames Valley Police, sourced via data.police.uk, identifies 208 reports of violence and sexual offences in this LSOA neighbourhood, making up nearly half of the total 473 crimes recorded there.
Other common offences in this neighbourhood include anti-social behaviour (23), criminal damage and arson (30) and shoplifting (50).
In all of Wycombe, police received a total of 7,106 reports of crime in the six-month period – or 4.1 per 100 population.
Speaking to the Bucks Free Press earlier this year, Superintendent Emma Burroughs, Local Police Area Commander for Wycombe, outlined the approach her officers take when it comes to investigating crime and crime hotspots in the town.
She said: “We do our best to investigate crime for whatever reason, whether we think its drug related, domestic, or homicide.
“You are the community that we’re proud to serve and do our best for.
“We have a strategic plan with a number of priorities, we have got a really good working relationship with Pubwatch, the licensed premises that are open, CCTV, street angels.
“Yes, we do have instances of violence, but it’s not a town out of control, and it's about where we can focus our efforts.
“We want to make the Thames Valley a hostile place for criminals, and the community can help us do that by making it hard for them, and us overlaying that with patrols and proactive work.”
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