Total Crime Rate

37.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spenser Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Harpur , and the 173rd lowest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Spenser Road (MK40 2BB) in the last 12 months was 37.4 per 1,000 residents and was 75.7% lower than the Harpur average (153.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spenser Road (MK40 2BB), the main crime hotspot is near Shakespeare Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Spenser Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spenser Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tudor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oberon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Oberon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Keats Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cowper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cowper Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queensbury Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Cutcliffe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cutcliffe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granet Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidney Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milne Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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