Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cumberland Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 47th 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 Cumberland Street (LU5 5BP) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 119.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cumberland Street (LU5 5BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Angels Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cemetery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Roman Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roman Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkes Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Lindens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walkley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Whitehouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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