Crime · Bedford Precinct

Reported crime in central Bedford Precinct

Name: Bedford Precinct crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

9,083 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 168 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

9,083

Rate / 1,000

168

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,390	37%
Anti social behaviour	1,558	17%
Shoplifting	1,155	13%
Criminal damage and arson	636	7%
Public order	563	6%
Other theft	534	6%
Drugs	255	3%
Burglary	210	2%
Bicycle theft	194	2%
Vehicle crime	177	2%
Other crime	131	1%
Possession of weapons	108	1%
Robbery	88	1%
Theft from the person	84	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	280	283	280	278	277	283	296	272	315	254	269	303	3390
Anti social behaviour	166	174	169	126	125	100	86	100	105	127	173	107	1558
Shoplifting	151	103	118	51	82	52	64	75	98	130	81	150	1155
Criminal damage and arson	42	47	55	70	49	48	59	65	49	51	42	59	636
Public order	53	50	34	56	52	38	54	41	48	40	60	37	563
Other theft	45	37	56	47	46	45	42	46	47	46	43	34	534
Drugs	33	21	19	18	21	23	17	15	24	21	24	19	255
Burglary	16	5	19	9	12	14	24	33	29	15	18	16	210
Bicycle theft	7	11	24	23	19	11	13	21	11	9	16	29	194
Vehicle crime	15	9	6	10	10	14	12	23	21	19	22	16	177
Other crime	11	8	7	10	7	11	4	10	20	17	12	14	131
Possession of weapons	16	11	7	6	10	7	4	6	11	8	10	12	108
Robbery	9	10	11	7	5	4	11	6	4	6	7	8	88
Theft from the person	8	11	8	9	8	4	10	2	10	4	5	5	84
Total	852	780	813	720	723	654	696	715	792	747	782	809	9083

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Bedford Precinct, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 53,975.