Total Crime Rate

252.0 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 252.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.6 10/10
  • Other theft 24.4 10/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.1 5/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ash Grange area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leighton-Linslade South , and the 28th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ash Grange (LU7 4TJ) in the last 12 months was 252.0 per 1,000 residents and was 180.4% higher than the Leighton-Linslade South average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 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 Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ash Grange (LU7 4TJ), the main crime hotspot is near A4012. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ash Grange area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Billington Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A4012 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A4012 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4012 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Billington Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Billington Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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