Total Crime Rate
89.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Serin Mead area has the 11th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leighton-Linslade South , and the 165th 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 Serin Mead (LU7 4DU) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% lower than the Leighton-Linslade South average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 350.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Serin Mead (LU7 4DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bushell Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trivia Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leighton-Linslade South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Reeve Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clay Furlong | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Johnson Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fieldfare | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warren Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bushell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunnock Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peregrine Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deverell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lactans Edge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Messor Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Messor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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