Crime Rate in Brickhill, ward

Brickhill has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Bedford district and the 3672nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 380th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Brickhill in the last 12 months was 63.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.6% lower than the Bedford district average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brickhill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 208 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 261 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brickhill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 76 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Severn Way (25 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.