Total Crime Rate
108.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Michaels Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 115th 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 St Michaels Avenue (LU5 5DN) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 66.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Michaels Avenue (LU5 5DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roman Gardens (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Plaiters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bidwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plaiters Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plaiters Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pintail Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Freemans Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Coopers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Gardens | Under investigation |
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