Crime Rates at Wellington Street, Bedford, MK40 2HY

Wellington Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Harpur , and the 51st highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Street (MK40 2HY) in the last 12 months was 204.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Street (MK40 2HY), the main crime hotspot is near Adelaide Square. Police recorded 282 crimes here, including 194 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.