Total Crime Rate
206.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alabaster Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 44th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alabaster Avenue (LU5 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 206.3 per 1,000 residents and was 126.1% higher than the Houghton Regis East average (91.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 141.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alabaster Avenue (LU5 5AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Houghton Road. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Houghton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farriers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Freemans Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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