Total Crime Rate

85.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gateshead Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sandy , and the 179th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gateshead Close (SG19 1RS) in the last 12 months was 85.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gateshead Close (SG19 1RS), the main crime hotspot is near Wesley Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gateshead Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wesley Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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