Total Crime Rate

191.1 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 191.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 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

Tavistock Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 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 Tavistock Street (MK40 2RB) in the last 12 months was 191.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 81.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tavistock Street (MK40 2RB), 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 Tavistock Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Square Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hassett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Boswell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gwyn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Foster Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foster Hill Road

Data Sources

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