Total Crime Rate

269.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 269.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 23.8 7/10
  • Other crime 15.9 10/10
  • Other theft 15.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.9 10/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Purcell Place area has the 4th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 25th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Purcell Place (SG18 8SX) in the last 12 months was 269.8 per 1,000 residents and was 470.8% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 174.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Purcell Place (SG18 8SX), 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 Purcell Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutherford Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erlensee Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sullivan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sullivan Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delius Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackburn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Campion Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Somerville Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbens Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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