Total Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chestnut Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe , and the 351st highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chestnut Avenue (MK45 4GP) in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% higher than the Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe average (41.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chestnut Avenue (MK45 4GP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chestnut Avenue, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Chase (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chestnut Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation View Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chestnut Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Orchards Under investigation
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Data Sources

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