Total Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rendlesham Walk area has the 27th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in De Parys , and the 221st highest 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 Rendlesham Walk (MK41 0AE) in the last 12 months was 69.6 per 1,000 residents and was 25.3% higher than the De Parys average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rendlesham Walk (MK41 0AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bury Walk, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leighfield Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Goldington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bury Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leighfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clipstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wychwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fieldside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fieldside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charnwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leighfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bury Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bury Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bury Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bury Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bury Walk | Under investigation |
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