Total Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sanger Avenue area has the 24th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 412th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sanger Avenue (SG18 8FY) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% lower than the Biggleswade East average (52.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sanger Avenue (SG18 8FY), the main crime hotspot is near Sullivan Court. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kennet Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mersey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sullivan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sullivan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sanger Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sanger Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mersey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Saturn Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mersey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bohr Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ouse Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackburn Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawking Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
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