Total Crime Rate

67.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 67.2 6/10
  • Violent crimes 50.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vicarage Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 249th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (LU5 5HP) in the last 12 months was 67.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (LU5 5HP), 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.

Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Peel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Walkley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Churchfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meadow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beech Tree Way —
Apr 2026Public order Bidwell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Gardens —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roman Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Roman Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Angels Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pintail Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Whitehouse Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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