Crime Statistics for Langford, Newtown, Bedfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Langford in July 2024. There were a total of 14 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Langford, 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 Crime6
Burglary2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Criminal Damage Arson1
Public Order1
Other Crime1
Drugs1
All Crime14

Map of street level crime incidents in July 2024

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

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 Langford

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Biggleswade (2.56 miles)95
Shefford (2.55 miles)83
Holme Green (1.96 miles)42
Astwick (2.24 miles)40
Holme (1.24 miles)15
Henlow (1.39 miles)15
Langford14
Hiz (2.86 miles)12
Millow (3.1 miles)4
Southill (2.24 miles)2

7.3%
of Stotfold and Langford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Langford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Biggleswade37
Shefford25
Holme Green14
Astwick12
Holme12
Hiz9
Langford6
Henlow5
Millow3
Southill0

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

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 Langford 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 Langford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Langford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Langford have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Baldock Town.

#WardScore
1Baldock Town46
2Letchworth Wilbury45
3Letchworth East45
4Letchworth Grange40
5Cadwell40
6Biggleswade North37
7Shefford33
8Biggleswade South33
9Arbury32
10Arlesey20
11Stotfold and Langford15

Which road in Langford has the highest level of crime?

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

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