Crime · Bedford

Reported crime in Bedford

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

12,594 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 122 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

12,594

Rate / 1,000

122

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,414	35%
Anti social behaviour	1,917	15%
Shoplifting	1,213	10%
Public order	868	7%
Other theft	791	6%
Vehicle crime	776	6%
Criminal damage and arson	759	6%
Drugs	527	4%
Burglary	392	3%
Other crime	289	2%
Bicycle theft	207	2%
Robbery	194	2%
Possession of weapons	158	1%
Theft from the person	89	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	436	351	334	400	348	345	298	330	398	359	395	420	4414
Anti social behaviour	193	198	173	128	138	116	130	121	178	205	175	162	1917
Shoplifting	97	65	85	76	90	65	65	83	102	158	173	154	1213
Public order	98	77	84	75	75	47	62	58	73	73	78	68	868
Other theft	78	62	49	73	79	78	43	57	71	54	76	71	791
Vehicle crime	57	54	100	100	94	68	51	34	40	49	66	63	776
Criminal damage and arson	59	75	74	69	58	54	66	45	55	59	65	80	759
Drugs	47	45	32	41	40	46	75	38	44	30	45	44	527
Burglary	38	26	29	39	32	26	32	30	33	33	29	45	392
Other crime	23	28	22	22	20	12	25	23	38	27	28	21	289
Bicycle theft	42	23	18	12	9	16	13	10	12	15	15	22	207
Robbery	14	16	16	19	14	18	10	10	16	20	19	22	194
Possession of weapons	15	17	12	11	15	9	14	11	8	15	15	16	158
Theft from the person	6	6	9	14	5	7	6	9	8	6	8	5	89
Total	1203	1043	1037	1079	1017	907	890	859	1076	1103	1187	1193	12594

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Bedford, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 102,993.