Total Crime Rate

270.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 270.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 77.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Public order 28.0 10/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Vimy Court area has the 5th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Leighton-Linslade North , and the 24th highest crime rate of 871 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 Vimy Court (LU7 1FG) in the last 12 months was 270.2 per 1,000 residents and was 421.6% higher than the Leighton-Linslade North average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vimy Court (LU7 1FG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Water Lane (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vimy Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vimy Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vimy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Town Bridge Mill —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bossington Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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