Total Crime Rate

370.5 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 370.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 75.9 9/10
  • Burglary 31.3 10/10
  • Public order 22.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Leighton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Leighton-Linslade North , and the 15th 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 Leighton Road (LU7 1LE) in the last 12 months was 370.5 per 1,000 residents and was 615.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leighton Road (LU7 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Street, 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 Leighton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bassett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bassett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vimy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vimy Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Town Bridge Mill —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bassett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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