Total Crime Rate
204.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dynevor Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Harpur , and the 52nd 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 Dynevor Road (MK40 2DB) in the last 12 months was 204.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Harpur average (160.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 129.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dynevor Road (MK40 2DB), the main crime hotspot is near The Finches. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Harpur| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Finches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Finches | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Finches | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tavistock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tavistock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grafton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conduit Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Finches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Street | Under investigation |
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