Total Crime Rate

128.5 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 128.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Montgomery Grove area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Caddington , and the 98th 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 Montgomery Grove (LU6 3FR) in the last 12 months was 128.5 per 1,000 residents and was 115.7% higher than the Caddington average (59.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montgomery Grove (LU6 3FR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brive Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norfolk Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Montgomery Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Graham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morcom Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goodhart Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goodhart Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brive Road

Data Sources

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