Total Crime Rate

77.4 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 77.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bruthwaite Green area has the 19th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in De Parys , and the 188th 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 Bruthwaite Green (MK41 0NH) in the last 12 months was 77.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bruthwaite Green (MK41 0NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leighfield Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kershope Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bruthwaite Green area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Kershope Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamsterley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leighfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nutwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nutwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hamsterley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamsterley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leighfield Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parish Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parish Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Glenavon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maskell Drive
Sep 2025Other theft Kershope Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kershope Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kershope Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leighfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldside
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Strathconon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stainmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathconon Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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