Total Crime Rate

159.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 159.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Albert Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Harpur , and the 72nd 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 Albert Street (MK40 2JB) in the last 12 months was 159.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 82.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albert Street (MK40 2JB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Albert Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Albert Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradine Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradine Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradine Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Street
Sep 2025Burglary Lime Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tavistock Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tavistock Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argyll Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argyll Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adelaide Square Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paradine Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Square Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Square Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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