Total Crime Rate

56.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle 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

Old Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Leighton-Linslade West , and the 356th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Road (LU7 2RE) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% higher than the Leighton-Linslade West average (47.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Road (LU7 2RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Paddocks, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ship Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hollies Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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