Crime Statistics for Eggington, Bedfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Eggington, Eggington

There were a total of 24 street level crime incidents in Eggington in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Eggington, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime12
Vehicle Crime3
Other Theft2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Public Order2
Burglary1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Other Crime1
All Crime24

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Eggington. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Eggington

We've taken the ten nearest places to Eggington and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Eggington has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Linslade (2.48 miles)127
Heath and Reach (2.24 miles)30
Eggington24
Hockliffe (1.39 miles)11
Billington (1.96 miles)6
Lower End (2.24 miles)6
Little Billington (2.24 miles)5
Tilsworth (1.96 miles)4
Potsgrove (2.48 miles)3
Battlesden (1.96 miles)0

10.78%
of Leighton Buzzard South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Eggington?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Eggington and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Linslade34
Eggington12
Heath and Reach9
Hockliffe3
Billington3
Little Billington3
Lower End1
Tilsworth1
Potsgrove0
Battlesden0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Eggington?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Eggington to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Eggington compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Eggington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Eggington is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Dunstable-Central81
2Dunstable-Northfields75
3Tithe Farm75
4Leighton Buzzard North54
5Eaton Bray51
6Dunstable-Watling47
7Leighton Buzzard South45
8Wing29
9Linslade27
10Great Brickhill & Newton Longville23
11Aspley and Woburn21

Which road in Eggington has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Eggington with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Church Square.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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