Total Crime Rate

51.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 1.9 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Piggots Mead area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Houghton Regis East , and the 378th 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 Piggots Mead (LU5 6GH) in the last 12 months was 51.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Piggots Mead (LU5 6GH), the main crime hotspot is near Plaiters Way. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Piggots Mead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Baulk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Plaiters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plaiters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pintail Croft —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gressingham Meadow —
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Data Sources

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