Total Crime Rate

122.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.1 10/10
  • Burglary 25.8 10/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

This area has the 5th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Caddington , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (LU6 2LH) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 105.7% higher than the Caddington average (59.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode LU6 2LH, the main crime hotspot is near Sallowsprings. Police recorded 2 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in LU6 2LH area

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Data Sources

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