Leighton-Linslade South
WardSouth west Central Bedfordshire. About 16,026 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Leighton-Linslade South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Leighton-Linslade South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Leighton-Linslade South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leighton-Linslade South at a rate of 88.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Central Bedfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 125 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leighton-Linslade South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (428), shoplifting (241) and anti-social behaviour (237).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Central Bedfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of Central Bedfordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Central Bedfordshire and not Leighton-Linslade South alone. See Central Bedfordshire
Leighton-Linslade South in brief
Leighton-Linslade South had 15,488 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Leighton-Linslade South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Leighton-Linslade South, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Leighton-Linslade South, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.