Total Crime Rate

59.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 59.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 21.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Linehams Pightle area has the 15th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Aspley & Woburn , and the 300th 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 Linehams Pightle (MK43 1AL) in the last 12 months was 59.9 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% higher than the Aspley & Woburn average (38.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linehams Pightle (MK43 1AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower Breaches Gardens, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kings Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Linehams Pightle area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coopers Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longborns Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Breaches Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Breaches Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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