Total Crime Rate

151.5 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 151.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Churchill Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Leighton-Linslade North , and the 68th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Churchill Road (LU7 3ED) in the last 12 months was 151.5 per 1,000 residents and was 192.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Churchill Road (LU7 3ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kemsley Drive, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Churchill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Mountbatten Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kemsley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mountbatten Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vandyke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drakes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemsley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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