Total Crime Rate

64.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.4 6/10
  • Violent crimes 34.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.2 7/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chaucer Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Harpur , and the 238th highest 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 Chaucer Road (MK40 2QS) in the last 12 months was 64.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Road (MK40 2QS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Chaucer Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cutcliffe Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shakespeare Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chesterton Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chaucer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Close —
Apr 2026Public order Keats Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crowe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hurst Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spenser Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hurst Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hurst Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queensbury Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queensbury Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queensbury Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Queensbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Warwick Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Warwick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warwick Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hurst Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chesterton Mews —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Finches Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Finches Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Finches —
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Data Sources

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