Total Crime Rate

71.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 71.0 6/10
  • Violent crimes 35.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Needwood Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in De Parys , and the 214th 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 Needwood Road (MK41 0DN) in the last 12 months was 71.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Needwood Road (MK41 0DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leighfield Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Strathconon Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Needwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Charnwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Carrick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wychwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cranborne Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fieldside Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fieldside Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldside Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parish Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Milburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamsterley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leighfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Leighfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Clipstone Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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