Total Crime Rate
107.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Midland Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sandy , and the 117th 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 Midland Road (SG19 1EF) in the last 12 months was 107.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% higher than the Sandy average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Midland Road (SG19 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maple Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wesley Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sandy| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Banks Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Engayne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Engayne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Banks Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Banks Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medusa Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brindley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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