Total Crime Rate

119.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Other crime 26.6 10/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kirton Way area has the 15th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 108th highest crime rate of 871 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 Kirton Way (LU5 5PZ) in the last 12 months was 119.6 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% higher than the Houghton Regis East average (85.4 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kirton Way (LU5 5PZ), the main crime hotspot is near Houghton Park Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kirton Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fenwick Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary Houghton Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Conquest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newbury Road —
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Data Sources

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