Total Crime Rate

113.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 53.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Goldington Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Castle & Newnham , and the 119th 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 Goldington Road (MK41 0HP) in the last 12 months was 113.9 per 1,000 residents and was 45.8% lower than the Castle & Newnham average (210.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Goldington Road area

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Data Sources

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