Total Crime Rate

89.8 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 89.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Drugs 12.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • 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
  • 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

Rowan Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 161st 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 Rowan Crescent (SG18 0PF) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 90.0% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowan Crescent (SG18 0PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fisher Mead, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutton Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rowan Crescent area

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

Data Sources

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