Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 32.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.6 10/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.9 1/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Folly Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Caddington , and the 114th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Folly Lane (LU1 4AQ) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 97.4% higher than the Caddington average (59.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Folly Lane (LU1 4AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Folly Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winchfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delfield Gardens —
Sep 2025Burglary Rushmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luton Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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