Total Crime Rate

18.3 per 1,000 2/10 · 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 18.3 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • 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 theft 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
  • 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

Dells Lane area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 131st lowest 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 Dells Lane (SG18 8LJ) in the last 12 months was 18.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 200.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dells Lane (SG18 8LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A6001 (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dells Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Dells Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bunyan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other crime The Dells Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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