Total Crime Rate

41.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 41.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bromley Gardens area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 398th lowest 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 Bromley Gardens (LU5 5RL) in the last 12 months was 41.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Bromley Gardens (LU5 5RL), 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 Bromley Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammersmith Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bloomsbury Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkside Drive Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkside Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Park Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Westminster Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Brentwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brentwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brentwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hammersmith Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammersmith Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hammersmith Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sundon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sundon Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Chelsea Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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