Total Crime Rate

77.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 77.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 13.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Trident Drive area has the 24th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 211th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Trident Drive (LU5 5QG) in the last 12 months was 77.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -73.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trident Drive (LU5 5QG), the main crime hotspot is near Brentwood Close. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Trident Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brentwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkside Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Henley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkside Drive Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newbury Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Brentwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trident Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Brentwood Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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