Total Crime Rate

4.7 per 1,000 1/10 · 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 4.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Hitchin Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 12th lowest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hitchin Street (SG18 8BP) in the last 12 months was 4.7 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% lower than the Biggleswade East average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hitchin Street (SG18 8BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Palace Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holme Crescent (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hitchin Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avocet Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windmill View —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Empire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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