Total Crime Rate

80.1 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 80.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Hitchmead Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 199th 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 Hitchmead Road (SG18 0NH) in the last 12 months was 80.1 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% higher than the Biggleswade East average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hitchmead Road (SG18 0NH), the main crime hotspot is near Sutton Avenue. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hitchmead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Auckland Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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