Crime Statistics for Linslade, Bedfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 132 street level crime incidents in Linslade in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Violent Crime	24
Shoplifting	22
Other Theft	20
Vehicle Crime	11
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Public Order	8
Burglary	7
Bicycle Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	132

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Linslade. 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 Linslade

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Linslade	132
Heath and Reach (1.39 miles)	42
Eggington (2.48 miles)	31
Rushmere (1.24 miles)	8
Little Billington (2.24 miles)	6
Billington (2.63 miles)	4
Great Brickhill (3.17 miles)	3
Fox Corner (2.56 miles)	3
Green End (3.17 miles)	3
Ledburn (2.56 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Linslade?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Linslade	24
Heath and Reach	15
Eggington	11
Rushmere	4
Little Billington	3
Billington	2
Fox Corner	2
Great Brickhill	1
Green End	1
Ledburn	0

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

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 Linslade 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 Linslade compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Linslade and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Linslade is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dunstable-Northfields	75
2	Leighton Buzzard North	54
3	Eaton Bray	51
4	Dunstable-Watling	47
5	Leighton Buzzard South	45
6	Danesborough & Walton	34
7	Wing	29
8	Linslade	27
9	Great Brickhill & Newton Longville	23
10	Aspley and Woburn	21
11	Wingrave	18

Which road in Linslade has the highest level of crime?

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