Crime Rates at Edward Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1BH

Edward Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Leighton-Linslade North , and the 109th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edward Street (LU7 1BH) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 109.0% higher than the Leighton-Linslade North average (53.2 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edward Street (LU7 1BH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.