Total Crime Rate

136.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 136.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 21.2 7/10
  • Other theft 15.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Laburnum Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sandy , and the 87th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laburnum Road (SG19 1HY) in the last 12 months was 136.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% higher than the Sandy average (82.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laburnum Road (SG19 1HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mcmurdo Court, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Laburnum Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Mayfield Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Hunt Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Rivermead Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivermead Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivermead Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cedar Gardens
Sep 2025Other theft Mcmurdo Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Hunt Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Hunt Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robert Hunt Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Hunt Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Formal action is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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