Yes, Hazlemere is a safe place to live, and comfortably so. Its crime rate is about half the county's. Unemployment is close to nothing. Crowded homes are almost as rare. The thing to think about is what the police do once a crime is reported.
Police figures for the twelve months from June 2025 to May 2026 recorded 818 crimes in Hazlemere, a published rate of about 34 per 1,000 residents. That's almost half below the average for Buckinghamshire as a whole. A full year of data like that smooths out any one bad weekend.
Put the two figures side by side. Hazlemere's rate is about 34 per 1,000, and Buckinghamshire's is about 65 per 1,000 for the same twelve months. The county includes busier towns with town-centre nightlife, which pushes its average up. Hazlemere has very little nightlife, so very little of that.
Hazlemere is a built-up suburb, with about 3,300 people per square kilometre, so its low numbers come from more than just a small population. Unemployment is about 2% and only about 1% of homes are overcrowded. These figures describe the area and don't explain its crime rate, but together they describe a place where most people have a job, a home with enough room and somewhere to be in the morning.
The mix of crime is worth looking at alongside the national average. Violence and sexual offences make up about 42% of crimes recorded here, against about 35% across England and Wales. It's the biggest category almost everywhere, and it covers a broad legal range that includes common assault where nobody is injured. Anti-social behaviour is about 12% here against 16% nationally. Other theft is about 9% against 7%, and vehicle crime about 8% against 5%. Criminal damage and arson sit at about 7%, the same as the national share, and public order offences are about 6% against 7%. With this many cars parked on drives, it's no surprise that cars are what get taken.
Getting a case to court is a weaker picture. Thames Valley Police charges a suspect in about 9% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which puts it 37th of 42 forces. About 37% of its cases close with no suspect identified. Those are force-wide figures covering a large area, and they measure what happens after a crime. They say nothing about how often crime happens in Hazlemere.
The most heavily guarded place in Hazlemere's history was the prisoner of war camp in the grounds of Hazlemere Park, which closed in 1956. Nothing since has needed that kind of fencing.
On safety, Hazlemere is excellent. Crime is low enough that the police's charge rate is more of a concern than the crime itself.