Total Crime Rate

32.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 32.1 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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 Place area has the lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Harpur , and the 138th lowest 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 Tavistock Place (MK40 2XU) in the last 12 months was 32.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2022. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tavistock Place (MK40 2XU), 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 Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gwyn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary 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 Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Albert Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Adelaide Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gwyn Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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