Total Crime Rate

78.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 78.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Ballinghall Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in De Parys , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ballinghall Close (MK41 0AB) in the last 12 months was 78.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.4% higher than the De Parys average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ballinghall Close (MK41 0AB), the main crime hotspot is near Ballinghall Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ballinghall Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Meadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purbeck Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Goldington Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldington Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purbeck Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicars Gardens
Sep 2025Drugs Vicars Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Risings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ballinghall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ballinghall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linkway Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Vicars Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Linkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linkway
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boundary Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Monkshill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purbeck Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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