Total Crime Rate

217.4 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 217.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 80.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Buttercup Mead area has the 5th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 37th 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 Buttercup Mead (SG18 8TT) in the last 12 months was 217.4 per 1,000 residents and was 359.9% higher than the Biggleswade East average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttercup Mead (SG18 8TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chervil Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buttercup Mead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tansey End —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Violet Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Violet Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Violet Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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