Total Crime Rate

159.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 159.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bossington Lane area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Leighton-Linslade West , and the 59th 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 Bossington Lane (LU7 2TB) in the last 12 months was 159.3 per 1,000 residents and was 234.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bossington Lane (LU7 2TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vimy Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bossington Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hollies Court
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ship Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vimy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vimy Road
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Town Bridge Mill
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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