Crime Statistics for Heath and Reach, Rushmere, Bedfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Heath and Reach, Rushmere

There were a total of 30 street level crime incidents in Heath and Reach in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Heath and Reach, 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 Crime9
Criminal Damage Arson6
Burglary4
Anti Social Behaviour4
Public Order2
Other Theft2
Other Crime1
Drugs1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime30

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 Heath and Reach. 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 Heath and Reach

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Linslade (1.39 miles)127
Heath and Reach30
Eggington (2.24 miles)24
Rushmere (0.62 miles)16
Great Brickhill (2.24 miles)7
Green End (2.24 miles)7
Fox Corner (1.24 miles)5
Potsgrove (2.24 miles)3
Sheeplane (1.96 miles)2
Battlesden (2.55 miles)0

9.4%
of Linslade residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Heath and Reach?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Linslade34
Eggington12
Heath and Reach9
Rushmere3
Fox Corner3
Great Brickhill0
Green End0
Potsgrove0
Sheeplane0
Battlesden0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Heath and Reach?

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 Heath and Reach 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 Heath and Reach compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Heath and Reach and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Heath and Reach is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Bletchley East76
2Leighton Buzzard North54
3Eaton Bray51
4Leighton Buzzard South45
5Bletchley Park42
6Danesborough & Walton34
7Wing29
8Linslade27
9Westoning, Flitton and Greenfield27
10Great Brickhill & Newton Longville23
11Aspley and Woburn21

Which road in Heath and Reach has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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