The five most crime-stricken streets in High Wycombe over the past month have been revealed.
Recently-released data from Police.uk for June shows that 305 crimes were reported in southern High Wycombe, including the town centre.
The Bucks Free Press has crunched the numbers and worked out which five town centre streets saw the most crimes reported in June. Take a look below to see which roads made the list.
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5. Church Street – seven
A total of seven crimes were reported in Church Road in June. These included public order offences (three) and violence and sexual offences (two).
Public order offences can include any offence where threatening or abusive language or behaviour is used and can often precede a more serious offence like assault.
Other theft (one) and other crime (one) were also reported. Other theft can include theft by an employee or blackmail, while “other crime” can include forgery or perjury.
4. Corporation Street – eight
The crimes reported in Corporation Street include shoplifting (six), criminal damage and arson (one) and violence and sexual offences (one).
Corporation Street featured in top spot of this list in May, when 19 offences were recorded.
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3. Frogmoor – nine
The street, home to a number of bars and fast-food outlets, registered at third on this list.
Of the nine crimes reported, there were incidents of public order (five).
Violence and sexual offences (three) and criminal damage and arson (one) were also recorded.
2. Bridge Street – nine
Also registering nine reported crimes, Bridge Street and Frogmoor finished tied in June.
Home to many shops, shoplifting (four) was the most common reported crime.
Public order offences (two), violence and sexual offences (two) and other crime (one) rounded out the list.
1. Church Square – 11
Finishing in third place in last month’s list, Church Square claims the unwanted top spot in June, with 11 offences reported.
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The square, which is home to many drinking establishments, registered the same number of reports as last month, but drops in crimes recorded elsewhere caused Church Square to jump up to the top of the list.
The most common crimes reported were violence and sexual offences (five) followed by other crime (three)
Public order (two) and anti-social behaviour (one) also featured in June.
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