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Crime · Leighton Buzzard
Reported crime in the parish of Leighton-Linslade
2,818 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 66 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Leighton-Linslade, which includes Leighton Buzzard. There are no separate figures for Leighton Buzzard. What each figure covers
Total incidents
2,818
Rate / 1,000
66
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 944 | 33% |
| Anti social behaviour | 460 | 16% |
| Shoplifting | 308 | 11% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 247 | 9% |
| Vehicle crime | 191 | 7% |
| Public order | 186 | 7% |
| Other theft | 152 | 5% |
| Burglary | 109 | 4% |
| Drugs | 72 | 3% |
| Other crime | 61 | 2% |
| Robbery | 45 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 18 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 18 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 7 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 85 | 91 | 63 | 75 | 65 | 81 | 78 | 76 | 94 | 64 | 78 | 94 | 944 |
| Anti social behaviour | 60 | 47 | 26 | 37 | 28 | 38 | 28 | 34 | 37 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 460 |
| Shoplifting | 17 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 45 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 308 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 21 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 23 | 247 |
| Vehicle crime | 21 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 191 |
| Public order | 21 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 186 |
| Other theft | 19 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 152 |
| Burglary | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 109 |
| Drugs | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 72 |
| Other crime | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 61 |
| Robbery | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 45 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | |||
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 273 | 227 | 198 | 246 | 228 | 238 | 214 | 223 | 253 | 224 | 243 | 251 | 2818 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Leighton Buzzard, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 42,401.