Crime Rate in Shortstown, ward

Shortstown has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Bedford district and the 2492nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 219th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Shortstown in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% lower than the Bedford district average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Shortstown’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 189 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 229.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 228 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Shortstown ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Horace Close, with 95 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Howard Close (11 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.