Total Crime Rate

168.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 168.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 6th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 56th 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 Hitchmead Road (SG18 0NL) in the last 12 months was 168.5 per 1,000 residents and was 256.5% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 101.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hitchmead Road (SG18 0NL), 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 (2/2)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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