Total Crime Rate

30.9 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 30.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.5 1/10
  • Other theft 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Tavener Drive area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 286th lowest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tavener Drive (SG18 8GZ) in the last 12 months was 30.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 13.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tavener Drive (SG18 8GZ), the main crime hotspot is near Sullivan Court. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tavener Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erlensee Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackburn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbens Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sullivan Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sullivan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delius Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Campion Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Somerville Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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