Total Crime Rate
97.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Conduit Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Castle & Newnham , and the 151st highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Conduit Road (MK40 1FD) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower than the Castle & Newnham average (211.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Conduit Road (MK40 1FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5141, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rutland Road (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bedford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A5141 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tavistock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tavistock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckett Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conduit Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conduit Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beckett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beckett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beckett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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