Crime Rates at Tennyson Road, Bedford, MK40 3SB

Tennyson Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Castle & Newnham , and the 101st 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 Tennyson Road (MK40 3SB) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% lower than the Castle & Newnham average (211.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Road (MK40 3SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park/Open Space, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.