Total Crime Rate

81.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Farm Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Arlesey & Fairfield , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Farm Close (SG16 6DE) in the last 12 months was 81.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.7% higher than the Arlesey & Fairfield average (51.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Farm Close (SG16 6DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hitchin Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Farm Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Park Farm Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order The Dairy Under investigation
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Data Sources

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