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Crime · Kempston
Reported crime in Kempston
2,182 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 98 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,182
Rate / 1,000
98
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 798 | 37% |
| Shoplifting | 270 | 12% |
| Anti social behaviour | 269 | 12% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 177 | 8% |
| Public order | 169 | 8% |
| Other theft | 114 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 109 | 5% |
| Drugs | 96 | 4% |
| Other crime | 68 | 3% |
| Burglary | 58 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 19 | 1% |
| Robbery | 14 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 12 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 9 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 60 | 64 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 80 | 64 | 62 | 83 | 54 | 798 |
| Shoplifting | 44 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 270 |
| Anti social behaviour | 19 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 31 | 269 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 177 |
| Public order | 22 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 169 |
| Other theft | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 114 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 109 |
| Drugs | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 96 |
| Other crime | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 68 |
| Burglary | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 58 | |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 189 | 165 | 193 | 158 | 173 | 164 | 192 | 200 | 160 | 176 | 210 | 202 | 2182 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Kempston, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 22,271.