Total Crime Rate
258.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bromham Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Castle & Newnham , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bromham Road (MK40 2QW) in the last 12 months was 258.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% higher than the Castle & Newnham average (211.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 124.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bromham Road (MK40 2QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Finches, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henley Road (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bedford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Finches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Finches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dunville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbury Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbury Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbury Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurst Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurst Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crowe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chaucer Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spenser Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Finches | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Finches | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | — |
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