Crime Rate in Queens Park, ward

Queens Park has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Bedford district and the 2602nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 234th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Queens Park in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% lower than the Bedford district average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Queens Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 283 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 353 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Queens Park ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Raleigh Street, with 68 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Henley Road (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.