Total Crime Rate
1760.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Greenhill Street area has the highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Castle & Newnham , and the highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Greenhill Street (MK40 1LX) in the last 12 months was 1760.9 per 1,000 residents and was 738.4% higher than the Castle & Newnham average (210.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -41.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 163 (≈ 885.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenhill Street (MK40 1LX), the main crime hotspot is near Adelaide Square. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 118 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle & Newnham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dane Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lime Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lime Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lime Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradine Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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