Total Crime Rate
116.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tithe Farm Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 104th 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 Tithe Farm Road (LU5 5JB) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.5% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tithe Farm Road (LU5 5JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leaf Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Long Mead (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Churchfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Long Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beech Tree Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Tree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaf Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaf Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leaf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Farm Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tithe Farm Road | Under investigation |
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