Total Crime Rate

18.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 18.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Potton Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 134th lowest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Potton Road (SG18 0ED) in the last 12 months was 18.4 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% lower than the Biggleswade East average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Potton Road (SG18 0ED), the main crime hotspot is near Fisher Mead. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Biggleswade East

Crime Over Time in Potton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Potton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Carter Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chew Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B1040 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Binder Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boddington Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.