Total Crime Rate

27.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 27.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.1 2/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Chalkdown area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe , and the 237th lowest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chalkdown (LU2 7FH) in the last 12 months was 27.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% lower than the Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe average (41.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chalkdown (LU2 7FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Belfry, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haycroft (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chalkdown area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Belfry
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haycroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dovedale Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thetford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Broadacres Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yately Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yately Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Dovedale Under investigation

Data Sources

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