Total Crime Rate
230.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heather Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 37th highest crime rate of 874 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 Heather Drive (SG18 8UJ) in the last 12 months was 230.8 per 1,000 residents and was 336.8% higher than the Biggleswade East average (52.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heather Drive (SG18 8UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Violet Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Margarets Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Violet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bluebell Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bluebell Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bluebell Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Saxon Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Honeysuckle Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Honeysuckle Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Honeysuckle Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Honeysuckle Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Margarets Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Courtlands Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buttercup Mead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
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