Total Crime Rate
159.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albert 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.
View Crime In Harpur| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albert Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradine Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradine Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradine Court | 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 | Robbery | Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradine Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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