Total Crime Rate

83.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 41.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.2 6/10
  • Other theft 18.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Goodman Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leighton-Linslade South , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 874 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 Goodman Drive (LU7 4UL) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% lower than the Leighton-Linslade South average (90.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goodman Drive (LU7 4UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bushell Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Goodman Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Serin Mead —
Apr 2026Burglary Avery Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Partridge Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cooper Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dimmock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bushell Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lathwell Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Elliot Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Kestrel Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kestrel Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Deverell Way —
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Data Sources

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