Crap Towns / Cookham / Crime

How much crime is there in Cookham?

The police recorded 33.9 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Cookham from September 2023 to August 2026, 56% lower than the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 13.4. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 29.3, down from 41.1 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	41.1	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	31.3	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	29.3	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	13.4	34.1
Other theft	3.5	5.4
Criminal damage and arson	3.4	7.0
Public order	3.4	6.6
Burglary	3.3	3.1
Vehicle crime	2.6	3.8
Drugs	1.7	2.4
Shoplifting	1.1	7.1
Other crime	0.8	2.0
Bicycle theft	0.3	0.5
Possession of weapons	0.2	0.8
Robbery	0.2	0.6
Theft from the person	0.2	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Slough	10.8 km	95.0
High Wycombe	7.9 km	94.6
Windsor	11.2 km	83.7
Maidenhead	4.5 km	62.6
Beaconsfield	7.9 km	54.8
Marlow	3.3 km	52.0
Farnham Common and Farnham Royal	8.0 km	48.7
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green	5.3 km	47.5
Bourne End	2.9 km	40.7
Cookham	–	33.9
Hazlemere	10.5 km	30.2
The typical town	–	76.2