Crime Statistics for Rushmere, Leighton-Linslade, Bedfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Rushmere, Leighton-Linslade

There were a total of 16 street level crime incidents in Rushmere in January 2024. 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 Rushmere, 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 Crime3
Burglary3
Public Order2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Other Crime1
Vehicle Crime1
Other Theft1
Drugs1
All Crime16

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 Rushmere. 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 Rushmere

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Linslade (1.24 miles)127
Heath and Reach (0.62 miles)30
Eggington (2.77 miles)24
Rushmere16
Great Brickhill (1.96 miles)7
Green End (1.96 miles)7
Fox Corner (1.39 miles)5
Potsgrove (2.77 miles)3
Sheeplane (2.24 miles)2
Battlesden (3.16 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 Rushmere?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Rushmere 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 Rushmere?

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 Rushmere 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 Rushmere compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rushmere and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Rushmere is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Bletchley East76
2Leighton Buzzard North54
3Eaton Bray51
4Leighton Buzzard South45
5Bletchley Park42
6Bletchley West37
7Danesborough & Walton34
8Wing29
9Linslade27
10Great Brickhill & Newton Longville23
11Aspley and Woburn21

Which road in Rushmere has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Rushmere 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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