Total Crime Rate

142.4 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 142.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 37.3 8/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • 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
  • 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

St Andrews Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 80th highest 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 St Andrews Close (SG18 8BB) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 201.2% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Andrews Close (SG18 8BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Andrews Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivel Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bonds Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bonds Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bonds Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Empire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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