Total Crime Rate

99.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • 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

Birchs Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Eaton Bray , and the 140th 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 Birchs Close (LU7 9LU) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 62.8% higher than the Eaton Bray average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchs Close (LU7 9LU), the main crime hotspot is near Clifford Close. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birchs Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Lands Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch'S Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch'S Close Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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